Oliver Typewriter No. 5 by Oliver Typewriter Co., c. 1910 - Made-in-Chicago Museum

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Oliver Typewriter No. 5 by Oliver Typewriter Co., c. 1910

Oliver Typewriter No. 5

Oliver Typewriter Company, 159 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL. Factory: Woodstock, IL

“The Oliver Typewriter No. 5, which is now being placed on the market, is the ‘last word’ in typewriters—a Symphony in Steel. It is scientific in principle, flawless in construction, accurate in adjustment, splendidly efficient in operation.”—Oliver Typewriter Co. catalog, 1908

Produced between 1907 and 1914, the Oliver No. 5 was also the last offering from Thomas Oliver himself, as the inventor of the “standard visible writer” died of a heart attack in 1909, leaving behind well over 1,000 co-workers at his plant in suburban Woodstock and dozens more at the company’s new home office on Dearborn Street in Chicago. Fortunately, Oliver’s enterprise carried on gallantly without him, producing several more popular models of bat-winged typewriters right up until a surprising downturn led to a buyout from British investors and a shutdown of the Woodstock plant in 1926.

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