June 23rd is National Typewriter Day! This day commemorates when the typewriter was first patented on this day in 1868. The typewriter was patented by American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. For today, we are sharing a video from the desk of our Museum Director who typed a message using her 1950s apple red Smith-Corona typewriter. #NationalTypewriterDay #typewriter #typing #sachistorymuseum #museum #Sacramento | Sacramento History Museum

#OnThisDay in 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter – introducing the QWERTY keyboard – the first commercially successful of its kind. A favourite in pops concerts, listen to this performance of Leroy Anderson’s ‘The Typerwriter’ featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin. Get your own copy of the Complete Orchestral Works 5-disc set here: https://Naxos.lnk.to/8505259FA | Naxos