| European Typewriters: GERMANY / A, B and C |
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| ADLER Tilman Elster Collection The Adler line began originally as a license-produced version of Wellington Parker Kidder's thrust-action machine, but later developed quite independently and became one of the best-selling machines in Europe. LINK: Tilman Elster ADLER gallery. |
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| AEG Tilman Elster Collection The AEG name was that originally applied to what later became the Olympia. "AEG" were the initials of the original manufacturer, and this labeling is much less often seen than the Olympia name. LINK: Tilman Elster AEG/Olympia gallery. |
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| AMATA Thomas Fuertig Collection The AMATA is one of the rarest front-strike four bank machines; it was made only briefly (in Vienna, or 'Wien', Austria about 1923) and only about a thousand were made. This example is serial number 1065. |
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| BAVARIA Thomas Fuertig Collection This is a semi-standard, three-bank double shift machine that first appeared in Germany in 1921. This example is serial number 21-30, which indicates that it could be the 30th machine built. Produced only for several years. |
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| CARDINAL Thomas Fuertig collection Produced by Undenfabrik vorm. L. Furtwangler Sohne AG, Furtwangen, Baden Germany from shortly after the end of the First World War until about 1926. This is an early example, with serial number 1672. The label on the front, "Kugellager Typenhebel," translates to "ball bearing type bars." This was a feature included in, and highly advertised by, a good number of front-strike machines built all over the world at the time and in fact was often a good selling point. |
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| CARMEN Thomas Fuertig collection Three-bank double shift machine (note that the shift key for figures appears only on the left, while that for capitals is duplicated on both sides of the keyboard) produced in the early 1920's by a firm called Carmenwerk, of Stuttgart. This name appears on the oval label on the right front of the machine, which also includes a depiction of the typewriter. Serial number 6010. |
| ARCHO Click here to see a separate page on the Archo portables. |