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The Affectation of Using Typewriters
affectationafɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n/noun:. behaviour, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress.. a studied display of real or pretended feeling.M. Emmet Walsh at a Royal Arrow portable...
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Typewriters For Sale
These won't be listed on eBay. No PayPal account, payment by bank deposit:Oliver Courier - $100. Cream with green keys. Imported from England. Has case.Erika 5 (later version) - $150. Very unusual...
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War, Women and Typewriters
Balmain, Sydney-born Millicent Irene Henley (1887-) at a Remington typewriter in London at the outbreak of World War One. Miss Henley, the eldest daughter of Australian politician and building...
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Removing the Paper Plate When Repainting an Olivetti Lettera 22
Follower Mitch Butler is repainting an Olivetti Lettera 22 portable typewriter and wrote asking about removing the paper plate. I probably hadn't helped matters much, because Mitch was looking at my...
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Andy Rooney, his Toshiba and his 17 Underwood 5 Typewriters
From My War, by Andy Rooney (1995):Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (January 14, 1919-November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer. He was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes...
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International Typewriter Collectors' Convention
Had the Typewriter Fates been a little kinder to me this year, right now I'd be in Milwaukee for the International Typewriter Collectors' Convention. The convention opens tomorrow and continues until...
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Python Typewriters and the Oz Theatre
"You can expect a little comedy, a lot of pathos, a lot of musicand a tiny bit of ancient sex … and maybe some cross dressing."And so it was Australia's turn ... for something completely different.Last...
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The 'Crypto' Underwood Typewriter
A wartime version of the Underwood Code MachineOn November 26, 1924, Laurance Frye Safford, a 31-year-old United States Navy Lieutenant based at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California,...
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Noiselessly Mesmerising: The Story of the Noiseless Typewriter - Part I
1909-1914It was a slow and jolty start. The 1916 image above represents the "second coming" of the Noiseless Typewriter Company, which started life in Middletown, Connecticut, in the middle of 1909....
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Noiselessly Mesmerising: The Story of the Noiseless Typewriter - Part II
Golden Years: 1915-1920The journey to sales success and financial security began to speed up for the Noiseless Typewriter Company with its third rebirth in 1915. The photo story above, from 1917,...
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Flying a Corona 3 Portable Typewriter over Enemy Lines
While we mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, it is interesting to note that the first typewriter used in an aircraft over enemy lines in that conflict was, of course, the Corona 3...
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How the Union Typewriter Trust's tentacles reached Australia
This photograph appeared in the Sydney Bulletin on September 24, 1898. The caption read, "A camel laden with typewriters on the Goldfields of Westralia [Western Australia] affords picturesque evidence...
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Typewriting Politician Retires to Join Typosphere
Australia's only typewriting politician, Richard Amery of Sydney, today announced his retirement from politics and his intention to start blogging on typewriters.Richard is the Labor Party Member of...
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Noiselessly Mesmerising: Part III - Anatomy and Typing Actions of Noiseless...
Anatomy of a NoiselessNoiseless Portable: Remington Standard Noiseless:Typing Actions ComparedNoiseless PortableRemington Noiseless PortableUnderwood Noiseless PortableUnderwood Noiseless 77...
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Typewriting Ladies of Spain
María EspinosaPioneering Spanish feminist María Espinosa de los Monteros y Díaz de Santiago was 22 when in 1897 she was appointed a director of the Yost Typewriter Company's Spanish operations by...
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Royal Portable Typewriters For Sale
These will NOT be listed on eBay. No PayPal, payment by bank deposit. (Steve K, you have a "free shot" at any of these, if you want one.)$85. This one's going cheap because it needs some work on it. It...
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While I Was Sleeping
Dropped at my front door by Diane. Didn't need a thing done to it after 40 years of disuse under a vinyl cover - apart from a quick wipe with a dry rag. Not even a ribbon change. Working very well for...
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The Fiend With Eight Lives
Who goes there?Charlie the Typewriter Guard Cat earns his keep by working a daily eight-hour shift. Yep, folks, that's a solid 56-hour week of soft toil. He generally clocks on at about 8.30 in the...
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Noiselessly Mesmerising: The Story of the Noiseless Typewriter - Part IV
Desperate Times: 1921-241922The sudden death at age 65 of the Noiseless Typewriter Company's main financial backer, William Caryl Ely, in Buffalo on December 14, 1921, marked the beginning of the end...
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Noiselessly Mesmerising: The Story of the Noiseless Typewriter - Part V
Transition to RemingtonOne thing its new president, Charles William Colby, did try to do for the Noiseless Typewriter Company was to take its case to various US Senate committees and argue vigorously...
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