Few people did more to shape twentieth-century popular culture in Connecticut than the man they called “the King of Diamonds” – the jeweler and marketing genius Bill Savitt, who died today in 1995, at age 94. Savitt combined a P. T. Barnum-worthy sense of marketing possibilities with a passion for sports and philanthropy to…
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October 26: Emil A. Trefzger’s Magic Fingers Win International Acclaim for Underwood
The first few decades of the 20th century were heady years for the American typewriter industry. The invention of portable typing machines in the late 1800s revolutionized the business world by making clerical work faster, cheaper, and easier. Connecticut was home to several of the world’s most popular and innovative typewriter companies during that…
October 26: Hartford’s Underwood Typewriters Speed Past the Competition
The first few decades of the 20th century were heady years for the American typewriter industry. The invention of portable typing machines in the late 1800s revolutionized the business world by making clerical work faster, cheaper, and easier. Connecticut was home to several of the world’s most popular and innovative typewriter companies during that…
October 26: Hartford’s Underwood Typewriters Speed Past the Competition
The first few decades of the 20th century were heady years for the American typewriter industry, after the invention of portable typing machines in the late 1800s revolutionized the business world by making clerical work faster, cheaper, and easier. Connecticut was home to several of the world’s most popular and innovative typewriter companies…