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Blickensderfer No. 5 Portable Typewriter with Original Case was patented in 1892. The 'DHIATENSOR' keyboard was designed for speed and was nicknamed "The Five Pound Secretary". The No.1 and No.5 models were debuted to the public at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.