Odell Typewriter
From the Montgomery Ward Catalogue of 1895:
Odell Typewriter.
24578 This typewriter prints directly from metal type, no ribbon being used, and gives a much cleaner impression than can possibly be obÂtained from an ink ribbon. The Odell machine has perfect alignment and is a very good typeÂwriter for manifold; the double case machine writes 78 characters, representing capitals, small letters, all of the punctuation marks, toÂgether with percentage marks and fractional figures. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds.
Price, Double Case Machine….. $13.00
The Odell Typewriter lists at $20.00; our price of $13.00 gives you a discount of more than 1/3 off. We make this special offer to increase the sale and give our customers the benefit of the low price obtained by our purchasing in large quantities.
The Odell was one of many index typewriters, differing from the now-standard keyboard typewriter by requiring its user to select each character one at a time. The Virtual Typewriter Museum has many examples of this sort of machine.