Exposition

1901 · 60904 — Buffalo NY: Wagner Typewriter Co. 241 Broadway 1901. One chromolithograph cabinet-sized card 4.25 x 6.25 in. printed photo on verso minor dustsoiling slight edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce promotional trade card from the Wagner Typewriter Co. which not only featured an elaborate display of their latest mechanical and electrical “Underwood†typewriters but also featured the prodigious competition by two Massachusetts women Mary Esther “Mae†Carrington 1878-1944 and Alice Mary Schreiner 1878-1961 renowned competitive speed typists earning $ 100.00 per week typing up to a 144 words per minute with accuracy. “Lady Betty†columnist of the Buffalo Evening Times wrote that the “exhibit of American typewriters at the Exposition was the most elaborate and comprehensive ever attempted at any exposition and that augmented by the presence of these two wizard-like operators.†No copies in Worldcat U of DE does hold a 4 pp. Underwood Typewriter Catalogue; See: Richard Polt The Classic Typewriter Page Underwood No. 5 2020; Buffalo Evening Times Women’s Realm May 18 1901; Robert Messenger ozTypewriter April 18 2019. [Wagner Typewriter Co.]., [241 Broadway], unknown