World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora
Albert Tangora (1903 - 1978) set the world speed record for sustained typing on a manual keyboard for one hour, 147 words per minute, on October 22, 1923. After a rest period, he typed 159 words in a one minute sprint'. The machine was an Underwood Standard, with a QWERTY keyboard. This record (on a manual typewriter) still stands to the present day
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10509299
Media ID
45522837
Size
3464px x 5293px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1928
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