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Construction & Models Manufactured
(Serial numbers and dates are approximate)
( Document subject to change as research progresses. )
Corrections or additions are welcome: email me, "[TW] -" should be in the subject.
| SERIALS | MODEL RUN | ||||
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| MODEL | DESCRIPTION | FROM | TO | FROM | TO |
| No. 1 | First model introduced | 1 | 5,000 | 1894 | 1896 |
| No. 2 | Improved paper feed | 5,000 | 35,000 | 1896 | 1901 |
| No. 3 & 4 | Larger and heaver model, one color ribbon; no back spacer | 35,000 | 162,732† | 1902 | Late 1906 |
| No. 3 & 4 | 162,732† | 183,000 | Late 1906 | March 1907 | |
| No. 5 & 6 | First machines were similar to Model No. 3, but had enclosed base. | 183,000 | 282,000 | March 1907 | unknown |
| Tabulator was introduced prior to the backspacer. My No. 5 (246891) has a tabulator but no backspacer. | |||||
| No. 5 & 6 | Back spacer added. | 282,000 | 350,000 | unknown | 1911 |
| No. 5 & 6 | 350,000 | 494,000 | 1911 | 1914 | |
| No. 7 & 8 | Similar to Model No. 5, with left margin release key changed to right side of keyboard. | 494,000 | 551,000 | 1914 | 1915 |
| No. 9 & 10 | First model having right and left hand shift keys and two-color ribbon | 551,000 | 1,000,000 | 1915 | 1922 |
| No. ll & 12 | Quiet Speedster Model | Over | 1,000,000 | 1922 | 1928 |
| In 1928 the Oliver Typewriter Company of Woodstock, Illinois, was purchased by the British Oliver Typewriter Company of Croydon in Surrey, England. | |||||
| Early Model Oliver Portable | To | 70,000 | 1930 | ||
| Early Model Oliver Portable | 80,000 | 1931 | |||
| Early Model Oliver Portable | 83,501 | and over | 1932 | ||
| Model 21 | 350,001 | < 360,000 | 1935 | 1936 | |
| Model 21 | 360,001 | < 370,000 | 1936 | 1937 | |
| Model 21 | 370,001 | < 380,000 | 1937 | 1938 | |
| Model 21 | 380,001 | < 390,000 | 1938 | 1939 | |
| No. 15 & 16 | Below | EA20,000 | 1938 | 1939 | |
| Model 21 | 390,001 | < 400,000 | 1939 | 1940 | |
| No. 15 & 16 | EA20,000 | EA24,750 | 1939 | 1940 | |
| Model 21 | 400,001 | < 410,000 | 1940 | 1941 | |
| No. 15 & 16 | EB24,751 | EB28,350 | 1940 | 1941 | |
| Model 21 | 410,001 | < 420,000 | 1941 | 1942 | |
| No. 15 & 16 | EC28,351 | EC31,350 | 1941 | 1942 | |
Corrections or additions are welcome: email me, "[TW] -" should be in the subject.
Oliver Tribute Index
Serial Numbers — Model No. 3 — Model No. 5 — Company History — Printype — Ruling Devices
Main Index
S.L. Johnson Typewriter Page — Corona Tribute — Oliver Tribute
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