The OLIVER Typewriter
— The Standard Visible Writer —
Jett Morton (2025)

Learn all about Reverend Thomas Oliver, company history, the Oliver factory and offices, British Oliver, domestic and international models, production information, and so much more!


ISBN-13: 979-8-218-74919-4
Publisher: Salty Empire, LLC
First edition hardcover
284 pages
8.5” x 11” x 0.94”

$79.95 — Buy Now

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History

Explore the history and evolution of The Oliver Typewriter Company.

Models

Learn all about your Oliver model.

Unfound Olivers

 
     Not every Oliver has been discovered yet! Learn which models have been lost over time.     

Keyboards & Type

Determine your Oliver’s keyboard and typeface.

Memorabilia

Check out my collection of Oliver-related items.

Olivers on Screen

See which films and television shows feature Oliver typewriters.

About

Jett Morton: typewriter collector, historian, author.

Contact

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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be heading to Woodstock, Illinois for National Typewriter Day on June 23 to help celebrate the 130th anniversary of Woodstock’s typewriter manufacturing legacy! The Woodstock Typewriter Trail will f

This printing block depicting an Oliver No. 3 was manufactured by the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. of Chicago.

The earliest known Canadian No. 3, #1787, is complete with vertical ribbon spools, a paper table decal featuring a crane, and Canadian "blocky" type side panels.

Officer Printype poster stamp from the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Fransisco

The illusive WOODSTOCK— an Oliver No. 2 variant (no relation to the Woodstock Typewriter Company) of which only 19 were manufactured and sold through Montgomery Ward's Fall and Winter 1898–99 Catalogue.

Oliver Schreibmaschinen Gesellschaft No. 5.

Oliver No. 2 #8380 was given to Harry Cross, the head inspector of the Oliver Typewriter Company, as indicated by its custom front plaque.

The earliest known COURIER next to its elusive variants JACOBI and JWIC

The Oliver No. 1 was manufactured in this two-story brick building in Epworth, Iowa.

A factory-sealed Oliver Typewriter Oil bottle.

The distinctive look of the celluloid key covers on an early Oliver No. 5.

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