Up for sale is a classic 1952 Royal Quiet De Luxe manual typewriter featuring a durable, textured gray finish and iconic mid-century styling. Identified by serial number AG-2385719, this reliable machine offers a wonderfully tactile …
Every week or two I get an email from someone in Southern Oregon looking to get their typewriter repaired or serviced. Like this one… Unfortunately, I’ve just been too busy to take on the projects …
We often associate typewriters with the people who use them. Like Hemingway in front of his 1926 Underwood Standard Portable. Or Ian Fleming and his gold-plated Royal Quiet Deluxe. But typewriters themselves have stories to …
Growing up, when I thought of the “great American writers” I often pictured them huddled over an Underwood. Despite the fact that so many of the writers I now admire never used an Underwood. For …
Forget cell phones. We know what the original wireless devices were — and, best of all, they didn’t require recharging. This premium fitted short sleeve crew is 100% ring-spun combed cotton, weighing in at 4.3oz, …
A bit belatedly…
Via Robert Messenger, I learned of a very cool exhibition happening now at the Museum of Australian Democracy. Perhaps the museum explains it best, by letter: Dear Visitor, In an age of pithy one liners, …
The folks at Loose Dog Press have put out a call for submissions for their third edition of Cold Hard Type. Here’s what they’re looking for: What if you could travel back into the heyday …
Did you know? That the first electric typewriter debuted in 1899? That “blind” typewriters were hugely popular for the first few decades — in which you couldn’t actually see what you typed. Visible typewriters didn’t …
Take a close look at this typewriter. See anything odd about it? Like the keyboard? As in, there are two of them — uppercase letters and lowercase letters. And no shift key. Welcome to 1896. …