More Exploration Possible

All Posts
Advertisements
Typing Review
Typewriters in the Media
Un-manufactured
Toy Typewriters
Chicago
Coffman's Pocket
Cole Steel
Corona
Crandall
Empire
Hall
Harris Visible
Hermes
LC Smith
Little Gem
Malling-Hansen Ball
Merritt
Mignon
Odell
Oliver
Olympia
Practical Typewriter
Remington
Royal
Simplex
Smith Premier
Yost
More Exploration Possible
Franklin
Emerson

Sep 2, 2019
11 min

Rethinking the Franklin

Typewriter Gazette proposes new dates of manufacture of all Franklin model Types III and IV, backed by research into the company's history.

Write a comment

Jun 5, 2019
6 min

The Harris at Sears Through the Years

Harris Typewriter Company and Sears, Roebuck, and Company had an early partnership starting before World War I and persisting until after...

Write a comment

Dec 9, 2018
5 min

L'Incroyable Alphabetaire Typographique

The latest to-do-or-not-to-do idea in our house is to build an un-manufactured index typewriter. For most people, this idea may sound rid...

Write a comment

Nov 10, 2018
6 min

Shipping the Mignon 2

Our Mignon 2 arrived in a big black case reminiscent of briefcases from the turn of the century, at the bottom of which was what looked l...

Write a comment

Sep 23, 2018
3 min

Theresa Costantini, M. P. F., in Memorandum

We came across a Hermes 3000 typewriter case that bore the original owner's name. Intreguied, we opened the case and found the original s...

Write a comment

Jul 2, 2018
4 min

The Case of the Leather Case

When our new Hall arrived, after spending a good amount of time playing with the mechanism, our attention turned to the once beautiful le...

Write a comment

Mar 10, 2018
4 min

Mysteries of the Merritt

A clean, almost weightless box sat on the front porch waiting to be opened. Our Merritt had arrived from a responsive vendor on eBay. Aft...

Write a comment

{"items":["5d3dee11e2c4cb0016665631","5cf2b1c84d23f50015122987","5bf968a8419169001a551fba","5bddb9e91943d90111d7cadf","5ba789944c5cc200147ff556","5ba4206cb442e200142c57b9","5b9d7c340d4de800140248fe"],"styles":{"groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":false,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":454,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":16,"galleryMargin":0,"floatingImages":0,"chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":false,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":0,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":120,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCubeRatio":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":3,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":0,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":true,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"useCustomButton":false,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_BELOW","galleryHorizontalAlign":"center","galleryTextAlign":"center","galleryVerticalAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"expand","fullscreen":true,"allowSocial":true,"allowDownload":false,"allowTitle":true,"allowDescription":false,"loveButton":true,"loveCounter":false,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","scrollDirection":0,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowTitleExpand":true,"allowDescriptionExpand":true,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxHeightMode":"MANUAL","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":350,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"textsVerticalPadding":-15,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"titleDescriptionSpace":6,"customButtonText":"","customButtonBorderWidth":1,"customButtonBorderRadius":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":454,"itemBorderColor":{"value":"#F0F3F6"},"galleryLayout":1,"selectedLayout":"1|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":1,"isSlideshowFont":true,"externalInfoHeight":350,"externalInfoWidth":0},"container":{"width":-40,"galleryWidth":2592,"galleryHeight":1440,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}