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Blickensderfer Typewriters

The Manufacturing Plant, 644 Atlantic Street, c. 1913

from a rather tattered copy of The Guide to Nature Magazine

Blickensderfer Factory Building
WHERE THE "TRAVELLING COMPANION"—THE BLICKENSDERFER TYPEWRITER--IS MADE.
The entrance to the extensive manufacturing plant of which all Stamfordites are justly proud.

outside the factory
A BED OF CANNAS "TWICE AS TALL AS A PERSON."
At the entrance to the grounds.

George Blickensderfer
GEORGE C. BLICKENSDERFER, PRESIDENT OF THE BLICKENSDERFER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
William Blickensderfer
WILLIAM J. BLICKENSDERFER, VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE BLICKENSDERFER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
These men and their associates have solved the problems of a well-made portable typewriter.

inside the factory
THEY MAKE ALL THE PARTS.

inside the factory
AND PUT THEM TOGETHER WELL.

inside the factory
THEY MAKE THEIR OWN TOOLS THAT MAKE THE PARTS.
inside the factory
AND THEN EVERYTHING IS PUT TOGETHER JUST RIGHT.

inside the factory
EVERY DETAIL IS CAREFULLY INSPECTED.

Blickensderfer Typewriters
The Portable Typewriter and its Uses, 1913
Electric Typewriter
Obituary of George Canfield Blickensderfer
Made in Stamford


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