Team Brain Storm’s presentation on typewriters piqued my curiosity about old typewriters, especially those with mechanisms which didn’t survive to the present day. Here are some of the more interesting sites I came across.
- Collection of the Virtual Typewriter Museum
- The Martin Howard Collection’s Visual Index
- The Classic Typewriter Page
- Flickr stream of Antique Typewriters (some gorgeous images here)
Hello,
Thank you for sharing my collection with your readers.
It always feels great when others get excited by these remarkable machines too.
There is a remarkable collective experience that we have towards typing and a strong nostalgia for the typewriter, as a physical and emotional symbol of writing. It is therefore not surprising that these early typewriters resonate with us today.
Happy typing,
Martin (Toronto)
…and thanks for stopping by.
I think a component of the nostalgia is a longing for ‘legible things’–the complete working of the mechanics of several of the index-style typewriters are apparent just from a photograph…something which cannot be said of our electronic digital tools.
I agree Chad, there is a great pleasure and satisfaction in seeing and making sense of the mechanical connections within a machine. These early typewriters, allow one to see and explore the workings of a machine, that we can still make a connection with as to its function.
I have publicly displayed typewriters from my collection on various occasions and have always been so pleased to see young children take their parents by the hand, over to the display case, to check out the neat but recognizable machines together.
Thanks again for sharing my collection.
Regards,
Martin Howard
http://www.antiquetypewriters.com