Milwaukee celebrates 150th anniversary of universal, yet inefficient, QWERTY keyboard


It’s rare these days to see anyone pounding away on an old manual Royal or Smith-Corona.

But one element of those machines lives on, and is used constantly in daily life.

A Smith-Corona u0022Clipperu0022 typewriter, part of the collection of Lisa Floading, who will speak at this weekend's QWERTYFEST in Milwaukee. This model was made for journalists or soldiers or anyone needing to write in the field or on the go.

Just as Milwaukee is the birthplace of the typewriter, it’s also the birthplace of the QWERTY keyboard, both of which are turning 150 years old.

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