Sorry if I mislead you with this post title. I do not have a Blick Electric, but I did find this really fun pamphlet for an Electric Blick from the Duke University Archive. I read an old ETC detailing the restoration of a Blick Electric. They are immensely rare even though they were in the Blick line-up for more than 15 years. A lack of standardized electric service and apprehension over electrified appliances is surmised as why the Blick Electric never caught on.
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Well, if I thought electricity came from some disembodied hand, I might
have been hesitant to buy an Electric Blickensderfer. |
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| Well, it just looks dangerous. |
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| Maybe it's the corset that is making you tired. Ever think of that? |
Nearly 70 years before IBM came up with the Selectric with a typeball, Blickensderfer had an electric with a typewheel. With advertising like this, I would have run out and bought one immediately.
