An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better if it still works. Unfortunately, there’s not as much use for these electromechanical beauties, so if you find one, ...

Explore the legacy of typewriters, their impact on communication, and the artistry of writing before the digital age.

The end of an era has been marked, with the last typewriter built in the UK rolling off the production line at Brother's north Wales factory. The firm donated the last machine to London's Science ...

Scholars in the U.S., Taiwan and China are buzzing about the discovery of an old typewriter, because the long-lost machine is part of the origin story of modern Chinese computing — and central to ...

Eleven years ago, Paul Lundy was dying a slow, workingman’s death under fluorescent light. For three decades, he had worked in facilities management — an honest trade that ground him down until, in ...

DALLAS - "Each one of these typewriters tells a really fascinating story—not just about the person, but how they used it," said Samantha Sisler with Heritage Auction, who detailed Steven L. Soboroff's ...