 The Oliver Typewriter Company was an American typewriter manufacturer headquartered in Chicago , Illinois . The Oliver Typewriter was the first effective " visible print " typewriter , meaning text was visible to the typist as it was entered . It was however preceded by the Daugherty typewriter , which was also an effective visible typewriter . Oliver typewriters were marketed heavily for home use, and also was sold in quantity to businesses and government offices. Hinweis: Die in der Wikipedia angegebenen Daten zu den Modellen und der Firmengeschichte sind falsch. Die Firma Oliver Typewriter Company existierte nur kurze Zeit. Sie wurde 1896 von Oliver Dit