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Produced by toymaker Louis Marx and Co. starting in the 1940s, the Dial Typewriter was one of dozens of simple indexing typewriters marketed to children during the Early-to-Mid 20th Century. Appearing after the more famous Simplex typewriters (covered in a previous episode), the Dial Type incorporates a variety of strangely over-engineered features that point to the designers' desire to get around rival companies' patents.

SOURCES:
https://toytales.ca/dial-typewriter-from-marx-1950s/
https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/search?q=marx
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/typewriter-junior-dial-typewriter-louis-marx-company/ZgH1KWIvmp96ow?hl=en