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• n  hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time

• George V paused before a British typewriter in a booth at the British Industries Fair, London.
• The usually incomplete and frequently unreliable press despatches reported last week from Seattle the introduction of a new type of Japanese typewriter in Japanese wholesale .
• Donald Nelson's WPB rescinded its previous order to stop all sales of typewriters: now it permitted a maximum output for this year of 500,000 machines, 289,712 of them for Army .

News & Articles

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• Letters From My Father, and a Typewriter That Made the Journey With Me
  I blame a severe case of left-handedness for fouling my penmanship and pushing me toward the typewriter well before I could shave. I started on an aqua-green Olivetti Studio 44 whose “portable” description belied its weight.
  June 15, 2013 - Valley News
• Retiring surgeon James Kim leaves his mark on Lodi
  Certificates and letters line the wall in the waiting room office of Dr. James Kim. The clicking of a typewriter echoes in the room while rows upon rows of files line the shelves of the administrative office. There are no computers. Kim prefers it that way. He says it’s efficient.
  June 14, 2013 - Lodi News-Sentinel
• Arnold D. Foley of typewriter firm
  Arnold D. Foley, 83, of Cheltenham, longtime owner of Bundy Typewriter Co., a Philadelphia business since 1919, died Thursday, June 6, of lymphoma at his home.
  June 11, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• John Kerry in Washington Post
  You get the feeling that if George Bush had been president during other periods in American history, he would have sided with the candle lobby against electricity, the buggy-makers against cars, and typewriter companies against computers,...
• Beck in USA Today
  As for his team approach to writing, Beck says, "There's clearly no way that I'm sitting behind a typewriter or word program and pounding this out. ...... I have my vision and need someone to make sure that vision stays there."