Blickensderfer and related families genealogy

by Greg Raven

Blickensderfer typewriters

The Blickensderfer line includes George Canfield Blickensderfer (1850-1917), who invented and manufactured the first element typewriter (similar to the IBM Selectric, which came much later).

I am providing these images and descriptions as a service to those with little more than a passing interest in such matters. I don’t know much about typewriters, so if you are looking for typewriter information, you’re better off contacting someone else — I won’t know the answer to your question, no matter how simple it is.

Model 4
Blickensderfer No. 4
Model 5
Blickensderfer No. 5
Model 6
Blickensderfer No. 6
Model 7
Blickensderfer No. 7
Model 8
Blickensderfer No. 8
Model 9
Blickensderfer No. 9
Model 90
Blickensderfer Blick 90
Electric
Blickensderfer Electric
1899 Blickensderfer ad
Blickensderfer ad

For more about Blickensderfer typewriters, there are plenty of sources on the Web and elsewhere, including Antique Typewriters and Office Collectables ‘The Book’, by Darryl Rehr, ISBN 0-89145-757-7.