The Golden Age of Typewriter Evolution: 1870 to 1970

1899 Franklin #7

The unusual curved key layout may have been intended to simplify typing for two-finger typists. It was not an ergonomic key layout.

The ingenious thin ribbon wheel apparatus that moved the ribbon and reversed it when needed was quite unique.

While considered a "visible" typewriter vs. the then-common "upstrike" machines that typed on the underside of the platen, no typist could actually peer over the front panel of the Franklin to watch what was being typed.

Serial number: 13491

Metal case is still in useable condition

Names of probable machine owners are scratched onto the painted case