Portable Typewriters by Brand

Monday, February 4, 2013

1938 E.W. Hall ad

From The Seattle Times, September 29, 1938
The typewriter shown is the Deluxe Model O.

My Model O may be from Frederick & Nelson

It should be noted that the "NRA" mentioned in this ad was the 
NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION
(Not the National Rifle Association)
The Dvorak keyboard was developed in Seattle by a University of Washington professor in the early 1930s. This ad was in the Seattle Times, September 9, 1934