| THE OLIVER STANDARD TYPEWRITER, with its familiar double banks of type bars, is immediately familiar to collectors everywhere. The line has been well documented in the literature, but is rarely shown together in one place. Tilman Elster has provided illustrations of Oliver machines (and European relatives) from his collection. |
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| OLIVER No. 2 S/N 26531, manufactured about 1901 |
| OLIVER No. 3 S/N 41580, mfd. about 1902 |
| OLIVER No. 4 S/N D1425, mfd. about 1904 |
| OLIVER / STOLZENBERG No. 5 S/N 164987, mfd 1906 or 1907 |
| OLIVER No. 5 ("5a" variant) S/N 329578, mfd. about 1913 |
| OLIVER No. 5 ("5b" variant) S/N 415779, mfd. about 1913 |
| OLIVER No. 6 S/N D13746 --Oliver Schreibmaschinen Gesellschaft, Germany |
| OLIVER No. 7 S/N 519787, mfd. 1914 - 1915 |
| OLIVER No. 9 S/N 818050, mfd. 1920 |
| OLIVER No. 10 S/N P54996, mfd. 1934 (England) |
| OLIVER No. 11 S/N B1015109 mfd. 1923 |
| OLIVER No. 12 S/N 1030908, mfd. 1926 |
| OLIVER No. 15 S/N CT 19083, mfd. 1933 (England) |
| OLIVER No. 16 S/N 1001 --note the glass keytops with nickel rings |
| COURIER (mfd. in Austria) S/N 17097, mfd. 1921. Similar to Oliver No. 3. |
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| OLIVER No. 3 (David B. Davis collection) and OLIVER No. 9 (Will Davis collection) We show you the Oliver No. 3 from a more vertical perspective, to allow consideration of the degree of visibility of the typing while being performed, and also show the No. 3 and much later No. 9 side by side to allow comparison of details, shape and degree of enclosure. |