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

George W. N. Yost Typewriter Patent Model

Yost, George W. N. · 1885

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

This typewriter patent model accompanied George W.N. Yost’s patent application that received patent number 313,973 on March 17, 1885. The patent covered a variety of improvements to typewriters, including a platen and carriage adapted for regulating line and letter spacing, and a bell ringing on the carriage return.

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