The unique and wonderful design of the Williams typewriter has the type bars arranged in two symmetrical fans, one on either side of the carriage. With an articulated action they hop up and over to the top of the platen giving visible typing. However, only a few lines were seen at a time, as the paper was rolled up and placed in the open-sided coil in front of the carriage and as one typed, the paper was fed up and over into the rear cavity going out of view. The type bars, resting on ink pads, are inked when they came back to their starting position. With no ribbon to get between the type bars and the paper, the printing was very sharp. Please be sure to have a close up look at the wonderful decorations seen on the black enamel frame. The Martin Howard Collection