The Sholes and Glidden typewriter came to market in 1874, manufactured by E. Remington & Sons, which was then expanding its offerings after a lucrative spell manufacturing firearms for the Union.

The typewriter owes its creation to Christopher Sholes, a Milwaukee printer who, inspired by a magazine article, collaborated with Carlos Glidden to develop the first commercially successful model.

On 1 July, 1874, the world's first commercially successful typewriter, the "Sholes & Glidden Type Writer", went on sale. Christopher Latham Sholes and Carlos Glidden had started developing their ...