Charles Spiro

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File:Columbia-1 typewriter.jpg
Columbia-1 typewriter, 1885
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Columbia 2 typewriter, 1886
File:Bar-Lock 4 typewriter (Martin Howard Collection).jpg
Bar-Lock 4 typewriter, 1895

Charles Spiro (January 1, 1850 – December 17, 1933) was an American inventor and an attorney who held 200 patents and patented Bar-Lock, Visigraph, Columbia and Columbia Music typewriters and helped develop the Gourland typewriter, among others.[1] Spiro was born and died in New York City. He gave up his law profession after nine years and focused on refining his typewriters.[2] He was also president of C. Spiro Manufacturing Company of Yonkers.

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