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This postcard shows the 1906 addition to the Oliver Typewriter factory. It may have been taken later, but the trees are not tall. Three years after the 1903 expansion, this addition added 103' x 80' to the front and east with a gangway connecting the…

1766 The Oliver Typewriter Co. Woodstock, Ill. Photo by A. Stratton

This color postcard was produced between 1902, when the separate office and gateway was built in front of the original factory building, and 1906, when a large addition was…

This photo shows the grounds of the Oliver Typewriter factory as it appeared between 1903 and 1906. The separate Office building was erected in 1902, and the additions to the rear of the original factory were completed in 1903. The snow obscures the…

This rather blurred photo of an Oliver Typewriter is a good illustration for the description in the following publication:

HEADLIGHT: SIGHTS & SCENES ALONG THE CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD (1898)
"Oliver Typewriter Co
This is the largest…

The men in the photo are attaching the keys on the typewriter to the metal arms that control the type bars (also called strikers). Each striker has a metal letter on the end corresponding to the key that strikes the inked ribbon and leaves an…