About this blog

This blog is about the daily activities in a busy typewriter shop. I want to share with you the many interesting people who come in here, the beautiful machines I get and most of all the great typewriter stories that people share with me!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

More Interesting Stuff (for lack of a better title).

This 1943 Hermes Baby has a cool looking marbled paint job.

This 1932 Remington Sixteen is the first one I've worked on.


We've been getting a lot of Woodstock's in lately.


Saturday, January 12, 2013

A Royal KMM With Some History!

Two Pulitzer Prize winning books were typed on this 1946 KMM.
        http://www.boston.com/names/2012/12/05/david-mccullough-his-typewriter-and-boston/SFmNzL3fU8ODUwJwLI3trJ/story.html


This Remington 12 made in Toronto is in stunning condition.


The modified  return/index mechanism is interesting here.

I see many of these factory rebuilt Underwood No. 5's.




This Russian keyboard 1969 Underwood 21 just sold to a college in Alabama.


The first two pages were typed on Mr. McCullough's 1946 Royal KMM (yahooooo!). The third and fourth pages were typed on my favorite 1940 Remington Five (streamliner).
     Well, that's it for this week. Thanks for checking it out. Everyone have a great week.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

A 1935 Animal Keyboard Corona Standard

This is the first animal keyboard Corona I have seen.

The bright colors have faded a bit on this machine.






Sunday, November 18, 2012

A Royal Mildew 800 ?


This Royal Futura 800 gets a second life.

This machine not only looks great, but smells great too.


I can't believe this machine was serviced so much in ten years.

This Olympia SM-5 is perfect.

Notice how the corners of the machine are starting to turn caramel.


Saturday, November 10, 2012

Smith Corona Golden Shield


This case looks a little thin for a typewriter case.

This reminds me of a pearl in an oyster shell.


The Jayvee sold only at J.C. Penney


1960 Olympia Splendid goes to a young writer.

The infamous pointing finger key from a Underwood No. 4.

I found this in a case with a SCM Electra 220.


From 1932 National Geographic

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From 1939 National Geographic

Ever wonder what's on the back of these ads - more ads!

The Nations School - August 1959

This 1948 Underwood Electric looks more like a teletype machine.