Antique Williams Typewriter

This old magazine advertisement features a Williams Typewriter. The ad boasts that the first and fourth place winners for speed, at an 1896 annual typing competition, used a Williams Typewriter. All the leading typewriters were used. First, second and third prizes for best work were also won on the Williams Typewriter.

Here is a black and white clip art version of the typewriter from the ad.

The advertisement is from the Christmas 1896 issue of Harper’s New Monthly magazine.

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