[19th C. Promotional Advertisement] - REMINGTON STANDARD TYPE - WRITER

New York: Polychrome Printing Company, 1885. 1st printing (presumed). Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet leaflet, printed both sides. Recto with horizontal rainbow of red, white & blue backgrounds. Cut of an early Remington typewriter to top portion of leaflet recto. Landscape format: 5-3/8" x 6-7/8". Average wear, age-toning & soiling. Very Good. "On June 23, 1868 a patent was granted to Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule for a 'Type-Writer' which was eventually developed into the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first device that allowed an operator to type substantially faster than a person could write by hand. The patent (U.S. 79,265) was sold for $12,000 to Densmore and Yost, who made an agreement with E. Remington and Sons (then famous as a manufacturer of sewing machines), to commercialize what was known as the Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer. Remington started production of their first typewriter on March 1, 1873 in Ilion, New York. The Type-Writer introduced the QWERTY, designed by Sholes, and the success of the follow-up Remington No. 2 of 1878 – the first typewriter to include both upper and lower case letters via a shift key – led to the popularity of the QWERTY layout." [Wiki]. An ephemeral advert [though this is the second time we've had one] for this new labor-saving device, as issued by George B. Walbridge, General Agent, with outlets in Newark, Plainfield NJ & Jersey City.