Typewriters - Blog Posts

I bought this beautiful lady for $30 at a flea market! A lovely 1937 Smith and Corona type 11 typewriter. I can't wait to clean her up and test her out 🥰 Everything seems to work and it seems to have all the parts. Just needs some serious deep cleaning and then I can test it out. I'm very excited.

We used to have one like the Hunter S. Thompson one. Weighed a ton and was the color of cloudy piss. 

For @nostalgiamonth‘s Tech/Objects Thursdays: Manual typewriters! Also know as: “You don’t realise how weak your fingers are until you try to type on one of these.”  Nothing beats the sound of pounding keys and ratchetting the paper down into position and slamming the carriage across. 

Working Portable Manual Typewriter // carouselandfolk

Tennessee Williams’ typewriter. At the Morgan Library & Museum. 

This super cool life-size LEGO typewriter actually types

This motorized LEGO machine looks like the real thing, right down the the round letter keys. 

Read more in my CNET article here.

ebay rainbow typewriters

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bringing my little typewriter to work with me is always fun because so many customers do a double take and go "what on earth is that" and then i get to infodump about my best friend the neo alphasmart 3000 who has seen me through many dangers