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Photos of Every Writer's Typewriter

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3 points by CaesarA 10 months ago · 5 comments

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gnabgib 10 months ago

Title: Writers and their Typewriters

It's perhaps obvious it's not all writers, but not all photos include the Writer either (eg Julie Andrews, Beryl Bainbridge, Stephen Vincent Benet, Fidel Castro, Pablo Neruda). Pretty sure mine was an Olympia

  • CaesarAOP 10 months ago

    Good point. What model was the Olympia, if you don't mind me asking?

    • gnabgib 10 months ago

      I was curious about that too, I think probably a Splendid 33 - inquiries have been made (will update). Why do you ask, is this a judge worthy topic? You don't meet many people who've used a.. true mechanical keyboard these days :D

      • CaesarAOP 10 months ago

        No specific reason. I've always found typewriters interesting and I enjoy it whenever I find someone who has, or still, uses them. They're a lot more enjoyable to write on than computers, to me at-least.

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