EXTREMELY RARE and Original ADVERTISING PROMOTIONAL INK BLOTTER:
1908-1921 SMITH PREMIER MODEL NO 10 TYPEWRITER BLOTTER DES MOINES IA
HISTORICAL NOTE:
Produced by the Smith Premier Typewriter Company starting in 1889, these machines are famous for their unique engineering, intricate Victorian designs, and distinctive double keyboards. Models featured separate rows for lowercase (white keys) and uppercase letters (black keys), clearly visible on this blotter, entirely eliminating the need for a shift key. Smith Premier No. 10 (1908–1921) is the only typewriter ever made that successfully combined a full double keyboard with a visible front-stroke writing mechanism.The BLOTTER is ORIGINAL
CONDITION: Rather horribly beat up with blots, crinkles, writing, clipped corner, small edge tear but rare and a genuine historic piece.
MEASUREMENTS APPROX: 4" x 9 1/4 "
GUARANTEED RARE ORIGINAL-NOT A REPRODUCTION or CONTEMPORARY COPY