Jones Typewriter

Historic Site #:	03-069 (Exists) Type: B4,H2,L	Town:	Galen
Site Name:	Jones Typewriter	GPS Coordinates:	43.082008, -76.867202
Address:	98 Ford Street Clyde NY
Description:
One of the first typewriters ever manufactured


Photo by Bruce Farrington 2019	Photo by Bruce Farrington 2019

From the 1853 Walling Map of Wayne County...#74 to the west of the brook, was the location of the Jones Harness Shop.	Jones typewriter.

Historic narrative:
The machine, known as JONES TYPOGRAPHER, was patented on June 1, 1852 and sold for $40. It was subsequently exhibited at the World's Fair and is claimed to be one of the first typewriters ever manufactured. It was constructed at his wagon shop on Ford Street. Rather than the letters being pressed upward to strike a ribbon against the rubber roller of the machine, they were pressed downward upon a paper by a lever from above, making a clear and legible impression. The paper was carried in a small cylinder at the side, the apparatus in its entirety measured eleven by seventeen inches, and was eight inches in height.

References:

Morrison's History of Clyde, Wayne Co, New York. Wayne Morrison, 2005.

1853 Walling Map of Wayne County, Clyde Inset