Imperial Typewriters, a company founded in 1908, was bought by a US firm in the 1960s which then introduced Asian workers to boost productivity.

Imperial typewriter model 60, serial number 6A 25075, c. 1951. Serial number 6A 25075 can be dated to c.1951.

Consequently Litton industries moved in on the British scene i:n 1961 dealing in London office machinery. By 1966, as a producer of ‘Royal’ typewriters in the United States, it was poised to move into ...

Activities included a talk from Dr Barnard and Heather Southorn, the Museums Collection Manager, on the history of typewriters. Among machines shown were the first commercial typewriter, the first ...

The Imperial Typewriters strike, 1974 - Ron Ramdin An account of the three-month strike by hundreds of mostly East African Asian women workers at the Imperial Typewriters plant in Leicester,… ...

Imperial Typewriters, a company founded in 1908, was bought by a US firm in the 1960s which then introduced Asian workers to boost productivity.

These helped remind participants that all technology was once new, even a typewriter. Also discussed at the event, illustrated with online archive pictures from LeicestershireLive, was the 1974 ...