Yost          
        Merrit Bros., Springfield, U.S.A.  
        Since 1907: Yost Typewriter Co., Bridgeport, U.S.A.  
           
           
Models and s/n Y M D Remarks Ref.
           
           
Standard manual          
           
No. 1          
  started 1887     "Unvisible" typing, ink pad machine, with 8 key-rows keyboard, Models Nos. 1-4 were sold as "New Yost" as well 4
           
           
No. 2          
           
           
No. 4          
  1895     Since 1907: Additional ribbon holder for two colour writing, where the ribbon is only as long as the carriage and fixed at both sides 4,13
           
           
Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8          
        Model No. 4 with different carriage sizes 4
           
           
No. 10          
  1905     For the european market, large model 4,13
  1908     Model with a mirror and a metal part instead of the platen, to see the written text, only a few sold 4
           
Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14          
  1907     Model No. 10 with different cariage sizes 4,13
        Unvisible writing "Yosts" were produced until 1913, when "visible models were already available 4
           
           
No. 15          
  1908     "Visible" typing, patented in 1907, 4-rows keyboard, 2 shift keys, ink pad machine 4,13
           
           
No. 18          
  1908       4,13
           
           
No. 20          
  1912     Decimal-tabulator, carriage sizes A-E 4,13
  1924     The production of all Yost machines ended 4,13