June 23rd is National Typewriter Day! This day commemorates when the typewriter was first patented on this day in 1868. The typewriter was patented by American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. For today, we are sharing a video from the desk of our Museum Director who typed a message using her 1950s apple red Smith-Corona typewriter. The message reads: “Dear TikTok Friends, It is so nice to see you all on Tik tok, But I hope that some day soon I will see you here at the Sacramento Museum in pe

On this day in 1892, a patent for the first portable typewriter was issued in the United States. Prior to this, typewriters were large, heavy machines that were stationary and impractical to move. The introduction of the portable typewriter revolutionized the way people worked, enabling writers, journalists, and business professionals to type documents anywhere, from offices to outdoor settings. It became so much easier to type on these lightweight typewriters that typists around the world compe