George W. N. Yost Typewriter Patent Model
National Museum of American History

George W. N. Yost Typewriter Patent Model

Yost, George W. N. · 1889

metal (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This typewriter patent model was used by George W.N. Yost in his patent application that received patent number 401,990 on April 23rd 1889. The patent covered a variety of improvements in typewriting machines, including allowing a user to supply an omission or make a correction in the printing, and an indicator for to alert the typist when they were reaching the end of a line.

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