A Change in American Values
The inside keys of a Remington typewriter.
The invention of the typewriter reformed American lifestyle. Americans spent a lot of time writing on these machines, and writing letters soon became a craze. The typewriter developed periodically over time to make it for accessible for the American public.
-Families sent letters to each other very often, and almost all of these letters were soon typed on typewriters.
-The machine also reformed and revolutionized businesses by creating new methods of completing everyday tasks.
-In turn, this changed the way all businesses and households were run during the 20th century.
-The original Remington typewriter included a QWERTY keyboard layout and basic functions, but did not include a Shift key or a backspace key.
-Typewriters were originally very noisy, and any error made was not reversable.
-As new models of the typewriter were introduced, noiseless typewriters overpowered the original and QWERTY typewriters overpowered other layouts.
-With the invention of the Shift and Backspace keys, the machine became even more practical.
-Families sent letters to each other very often, and almost all of these letters were soon typed on typewriters.
-The machine also reformed and revolutionized businesses by creating new methods of completing everyday tasks.
-In turn, this changed the way all businesses and households were run during the 20th century.
-The original Remington typewriter included a QWERTY keyboard layout and basic functions, but did not include a Shift key or a backspace key.
-Typewriters were originally very noisy, and any error made was not reversable.
-As new models of the typewriter were introduced, noiseless typewriters overpowered the original and QWERTY typewriters overpowered other layouts.
-With the invention of the Shift and Backspace keys, the machine became even more practical.