Santa Claus Delivering Simplex Typewriters, 1911

To deliver toy Simplex Typewriters in 1911, Santa Claus left his sleigh and reindeer at the North Pole and somehow constructed an airplane out of a Christmas tree. Or at least that's what this advertising postcard from the Watt & Shand department store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, would have us believe.

For other early Simplex Typewriter advertisements featuring Santa, see:

• Santa's Simplex Typewriters, 1905
• Dear Santa, I Want the 1905 Simplex Typewriter
• Santa's Favorite Simplex Typewriters, 1908
• Simplex Typewriters, Santa's Favorite, 1908

Your Boy, Your Girl Should Have a 1911 Simplex Typewriter.

Christmas presents, $1. $2, $3.

No. 1, Note size, has all the capitals, figures, and necessary marks for punctuation, $1.00.

No. 2, Note size with capitals small letters, figures, and necessary marks for punctuation, $2.00.

No. 3, Full size, has all the characters of standard typewriters, $3.00.

Larger, better than ever.

Remodeled. Finer machines.

More characters. They do better work. More room for the fingers. Easier to operate.

With greetings from Watt & Shand, Lancaster, Pa.