DEPRESSION ARRIVED (October 18, 1998) —
Methodist minister Thomas Oliver founded the Oliver Typewriter Company in 1894 two years after he applied for a patent on his unique design for a “down-strike” typewriter that allowed the typist to see the line he or she was typing. 9″ accounted for more than 400,000 units of sales from 1915 to 1926. “City Claim on Oliver Building Assailed.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago) July 2nd 1997.
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