L.C. Smith Typewriter, 1929

The 1929 World Almanac and Book of Facts.  Facsimile Edition.  American Heritage Press, Workman Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.

L.C. Smith was founded in Syracuse from a shotgun making firm.  The company was the first to offer a machine that could print both upper- and lower-case letters. The idea for ball bearings came from a patent for artificial legs, which the Smith brothers bought. Eventually, the company merged with Corona, the leading manufacturer of portable typewriters.  The rest, as they say, is history.