“[A]s someone who remembers Eaton’s Corrasable Bond, the tedium of centering titles, the far greater tedium of retyping whole pages after dropping a line in transcription, and the sheer racket, I feel no nostalgia for the typewriter as an object of use.”

“Time Life Inc. photographer Michael Rougier, taking pictures of passing people trying outdoor typewriter at Olivetti Fifth Ave.” A 1955 photograph from Life.

Photograph of the sample Olivetti typewriter standing outside the Olivetti showroom, NYC

Still in use! With carbon-paper forms!

Obituary for a typewriter-repair wizard