Clik here to view.
Typewriters in American magazine
Gloria Swanson and William Holden and a Noiseless portable in Sunset Boulevard. From the March 2013 edition of Vanity Fair.Vanity Fair is the only journal to which I still subscribe. I sense a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Imperial Portable Typewriters 1908-1978: Part III – The Last of the Good...
Nick Beland's Imperial De Luxe 5American writer and typewriter lover Robert Neuwirth raised a highly relevant point in his comment on Part Two of this series, when he mentioned his Imperial De Luxe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Imperial Portable Typewriters 1908-1978: Part IV and Last – The Sun Sets on...
Imperial Safari, made in Portugal,segment-shift, serial number SA9270201Once Litton Industries took over the Imperial Typewriter Company in 1965, Imperial portable typewriters started to be made in an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Kinky Friedman and the FuNkOMaTiC Typewriter
Imagine my surprise when, researching my series on Imperial portable typewriters this week, I stumbled across the key which unlocked the mystery of the FuNkOMaTiC typewriter.Regular readers may recall...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mother and Child Typewriter Reunion: Antares Domus and Alba
& albaDomus is Latin for "home" and when this little Alba toy typewriter arrived here last week, it was at "home" with its matching-colour Antares Domus "parent" portable typewriter.Knowing that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Haven't Used a Remington International Typewriter in 40 Years
New Zealand's Kiwis issue the haka challenge to Australia before the match.Australia scores a try in Canberra tonightDave McKenzie carries the 'G' for Greymouth to victory in Boston in 1967Willie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Brother Ron
The first person I can remember using a typewriter was my brother Ron. It was in my father's tailoring shop, in 1957, and the typewriter was an Imperial 65.When Ron and my father invested in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
King O'Malley: Canberra's Father, American Bounder or just a plain old World...
As Canberra celebrates its centenary, there has been the odd hint of the cursed cultural cringe, the tugging of the forelock as we appear to continue to cling on to old Mother England's apron strings....
View ArticleClik here to view.
3D movie star typewriter back from Beyond the Edge
The "Empire Aristocrat" portable typewriter returned from filming at Aoraki across the Tasman with a New Zealand $5 note stuck in its platen. To understand why, look at the photo below of actor Chad...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Corona Tripped Up the Baby Fox: Battle of the Folding Portable...
VTwenty-seven months after the much-vaunted launch of the Baby Fox folding portable typewriter, the Corona Typewriter Company instigated legal proceedings to force the Fox out of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Green Typewriter Day: Green Ribbon, Green Machine, Great Fun
I was only saying to Richard Polt the other day, after he had posted on WordPlay's Word Jam, that I must think of some way I can contribute to WordPlay. Posting a typewriter from Australia, I figured,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Not a Bum Tap: Andy Griffiths and His Underwood Typewriter
The kids at WordPlay in Cincinnati would probably love this guy. Australian youngsters of the same age group seem to like him, anyway. He apparently talks their language.Andy Griffiths is Australia’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Good is the Typosphere? 5TE Works, Thanks to Ted
Michael Clemens commented a couple of weeks ago on the wonders of the Typosphere - the way it allows typewriter lovers across the globe to share information and help one another out. Another excellent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Underwood's Last Hurrah
While Underwood was in the process of being taken over by Olivetti at the end of 1959, it continued to advertise Underwood-designed and built typewriters - the "Golden Touch Portables for '60". These...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Typewriter Industry Answers World War I Call
Today, April 25, Australia and New Zealand observe Anzac Day, honouring their war dead and their involvement in wars from the Boer to Afghanistan. The date marks the anniversary of the first Gallipoli...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Olympia Robust: Typewriter With a Dark, Secret Past
Is it ever morally wrong to own a particular model of typewriter?Is it poor form, in the last hours of Anzac Day in Australia, to admit to owning an Olympia Robust, the so-called "German army field...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glorious Reality of Typewriters in Newspaper Newsrooms
The Power of the Press (1928)"In the middle of the Times city room" ... But where have all the typewriters gone?Happily, there were a few notable exceptions in the movies:Forbidden, 1932Above and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.