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• A Brief History of the Typewriter | Mental Floss

  http://mentalfloss.com/article/48912/brief-history-typewriter
  Posted for International Typewriter Appreciation Month.

• A typewriter renaissance - YouTube

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX8Y4fWgOjw
  Bill Geist interviews typewriter enthusiasts who have found a new passion for a writing machine of the past.

• Antique Typewriter Collecting

  http://www.typewritercollector.com/
  Anthony Casillo provides information on collectable typewriters, including pictorial gallery of early typewriters. Also provides ribbons and repairs for vintage typewriters.

• Antique Typewriters - Collectors Weekly

  http://www.collectorsweekly.com/office/typewriters
  History and links for collectors.

• Antique Typewriters - The Martin Howard Collection

  http://www.antiquetypewriters.com/
  Comprised of typewriters from the very beginning of the typewriter industry (1880s and 1890s).

• Backspace Does Not Erase

  http://badonoer.blogspot.com/
  Typewriter site from Robert G.

• Carbons to Computers - The Changing American Office

  http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/carbons/typewriters.html
  Smithsonian Institution exhibit features museum display, timeline, and resources for further study.

• Chuck and Rich's Antique Typewriter Website and Museum

  http://typewriter.rydia.net/
  Virtual museum of antique typewriters, including toy, index, and special purpose typewriters. Also has information on selected early office items.

• Early Typewriter Collectors Association

  http://etconline.org/
  Information about ETCetera, the Journal of the Early Typewriter Collectors Association.

• History of the IBM Typewriter

  http://www.etypewriters.com/history.htm
  Timeline with images (from vintage ads) of each model.

• How to Buy Vintage Typewriters - WikiHow

  http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-Vintage-Typewriters
  Guide to learning the market and buying a vintage typewriter.

• Lady Typewriter

  http://www.ladytypewriter.co.uk/
  Features an antique typewriter virtual library and museum, a timeline, and news for collectors. Representing collectors of antique typewriters in Great Britain.

• Machines of Loving Grace

  http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/
  Alan Seaver, collecting typewriters for over 20 years.

• Magic Margin

  http://www.magicmargin.net/
  Ryan Adney: typewriters, photography and old gadgets.

• Mike Campbell's Antique Typewriters

  http://www-personal.umich.edu/~msc/typewriter/
  Information on collecting typewriters. Includes a gallery, restoration tips, and resources.

• Mr. Martin's Typewriter Museum

  http://www.mrmartinweb.com/type.htm
  Showcasing a typewriter collection.

• myTypewriter.com - Explore and Learn

  http://mytypewriter.com/explorelearn/index.html
  History, timeline, glossary of typewriter words and phrases. Also a list of resources for typewriter enthusiasts.

• Old Bobs Old Typewriters

  http://www.oldbobsoldtypewriters.com/
  News and resources for typewriter users, fans and collectors.

• Oz.Typewriter

  http://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/
  Many years newspaper columnist and sports writer. Own the Australian Typewriter Museum. Robert Messenger, Canberra, Australia.

• Philly Typer

  https://phillytyper.com/
  Typewriter enthusiast.

• Portable Typewriters

  http://www.portabletypewriters.co.uk/
  An illustrated history of early typewriters by typewriter collector Richard Milton.

• Shannon L. Johnson Typewriter Collection

  http://www.sljohnson.net/
  Contains tributes to select early typewriter companies and featured machines form Mr. Johnson's collection. And sources for hard to find supplies for antique typewriters.

• Swedish Typewriter Page

  http://web.telia.com/~u13101111/typewriters.html
  Includes a brief history of typewriters, examples of early models, and common questions about collecting. In Swedish and English.

• The Classic Typewriter Page

  http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/
  All about typewriters: history, use, collecting, restoring. Richard Polt.

• The Portable Typewriter Forum - Yahoo Groups

  https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/theportabletypewriterforum/info
  Discussion limited to portable typewriters.

• The Roving Typist Film

  http://rovingtypistfilm.com/
  C.D. Hermelin typewrites unique stories for strangers in the parks of NYC. Film by Mark Cersosimo.

• The Type-In Page

  http://type-in.org/
  The practice of creative people gathering together with typewriters. First Philadelphia Type-In on Dec 18, 2010 was the beginning of modern Type-Ins.

• The Typewriter Database

  http://typewriterdatabase.com/
  Collection of typewriter serial number information. Find out when a typewriter was made and photos from collectors across the globe.

• The Typewriter Restoration Site

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~catch55/
  Includes information on the restoration of antique typewriters. Includes a virtual museum and a parts exchange.

• The Typewriter Revolution

  http://www.typewriterrevolution.com/
  Explores the creative uses of typewriters in the 21st century. Choose, use, and care for a typewriter.

• The Typewriter Revolution

  http://writingball.blogspot.ca/
  Personal site from a typewriter collector and poet. Also, author of The Typewriter Revolution.

• Type-o-matic

  http://www.typeomatic.com/
  Offers a hand-typed transcription and postal service with online ordering.

• Typewriter Collectors Alliance - Facebook

  https://www.facebook.com/TheTCA
  A group for collectors to exchange resources.

• Typewriter Serial Number Database

  http://www.tw-db.com/
  Date your old/ antique typewriter, by using the serial number listings database. Includes additional information for collectors.

• Typewriter Talk

  http://typewriter.boardhost.com/
  Active forum for typewriter collectors and artists.

• Typewriter.be

  http://www.typewriter.be/
  Stories about weird and wonderful typewriters and passionate inventors. Hundreds of high resolution pictures. Typewriter restoration and a Miss Typewriter contest.

• Typewriters - Reddit

  https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters
  The subreddit for typewriter fans.

• Typewriters - Yahoo Groups

  https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TYPEWRITERS/info
  An open forum for collectors of typewriters, calculators, ribbon tins and other office-related items, including typewriter history, restoration techniques, get-togethers.

• Typewriters by Will Davis

  http://willdavis.org/
  Antique, modern, standard, portable, all typewriters documented from a collector.

• Typewriters of the XX Century - Things

  https://thngs.co/200keystrokes
  History and images of a collection of typewriters.

• Virtual Typewriter Museum

  http://www.typewritermuseum.org/
  Includes virtual museum dedicated to the early history of the typewriter.

• Yesterday's Office

  http://www.yesterdaysoffice.com/
  Antique office equipment collecting. Features articles on antique typewriters.

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