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| Picture No | 10509299 |
| Date | circa 1928 |
| Description | World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora |
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Albert Tangora (1903 û 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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| Source | Unattributed postcard |
| Credit | Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection |
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