Birds Eye View, Oliver Typewriter Factory Hoffman 720
Title
Birds Eye View, Oliver Typewriter Factory Hoffman 720
Description
This colorized postcard shows the layout of the Oliver Typewriter campus with the buildings to the east of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad tracks. Right to left: office, factory buildings, electric shed, and foundry.
The Printype electric sign is faintly visible, dating this photo to 1912 or later.
The Wm. G. Hoffman Company, Chicago, postcard is postmarked 1918.
The Printype electric sign is faintly visible, dating this photo to 1912 or later.
The Wm. G. Hoffman Company, Chicago, postcard is postmarked 1918.
Creator
Source
Jim Keefe Collection
Date
1912
Citation
Wm G Hoffman, “Birds Eye View, Oliver Typewriter Factory Hoffman 720,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed July 18, 2026, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1476.
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