TYPEWRITER NO. 10
It was a marvel back
in the early 1900’s. A beautiful machine that any typist would have been
thrilled to have at her desk. (Yes I said “her” for most often it was not a man
who worked as a typist in the early 1900’s.) She well may have been a shorthand
typist, trained in the 10 finger typing that was introduced by Mrs. L. V.
Longley who was the head of a school for stenographers in Cincinnati. This was
a very respectable job for a woman that did not require extensive education or
training. And there was much less chance of being maimed or killed on the job
than many of the other jobs open to women.
Many a woman sat down in front of this machine and
felt that thrill only a fine machine can give you. And the thrill that their
life was changing forever