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The wigwagging typewriter

by on March 18, 2019

Popular Science reported on the “wigwagging” typewriter in its Feb. 1920 issue. By the description, it appears to be an attachment that works a figurine, which one uses to learn flag signaling (semaphore). Today, we have an app for that.

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Also at Type-Writer.org:

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  2. Typewriter ballet Nellie Fox choreographed “The Typewriter Ballet” in the mid-1890s, transitioning from the desk as a typist to the stage as a dancer. This ballet may...
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