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Joseph and his wife were about to celebrate their first anniversary. Like any good husband, he wanted to give his wife Julie a special gift. In this case, it was a vintage typewriter as the couple ... 
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Our latest display at Exit 55 Antiques - for more info on the antique French church altar candelabra, go here.
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History Center President and CEO Andy Masich recently met with a group of precocious kindergartners to talk history. Their responses will surprise and entert...
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On this day in 1909, Friedrich Heinrich Philipp Franz von Hefner-Alteneck (1845-1904) was posthumously granted a US patent for what we know as the Mignon index typewriter.
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A vintage Olivetti-Underwood typewriter, in good working condition, with sexy, mod, Italian styling. This portable manual or mechanical
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For less important doodles in text, the kind that go no farther than your desk or refrigerator door, the tactile pleasure of typing old school is incomparable to what you get from a de rigueur laptop. Computer keyboards make a mousy tappy tap tappy tap like ones you hear in a Starbucks — work may be getting done but it sounds cozy and small, like knitting needles creating a pair of socks. Everything you type on a typewriter sounds grand, the words forming in mini-explosions of SHOOK SHOOK SHOOK. A thank-you note resonates with the same heft as a literary masterpiece. The sound of typing is one reason to own a vintage manual typewriter — alas, there are only three reasons, and none of them are ease or speed. In addition to sound, there is the sheer physical pleasure of typing; it feels just as good as it sounds, the muscles in your hands control the volume and cadence of the aural assault so that the room echoes with the staccato beat of your synapses.
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Every girl should have a pink typewriter! Fabulous PINK 1955 Royal Quiet Deluxe portable manual typewriter w/ case and original copy of owners
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This is a very nice Klean Write Nylon Frankel Carbon & Ribbon Company tin. It is green, brown, and white.
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Nerdist host Chris Hardwick gets interview with actor Tom Hanks by sending the collector a crimson-colored 1934 Smith Corona portable typewriter!
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This is a really funky, retro, little kids typewriter called ‘Petite International Deluxe’, in mustard yellow. ...
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Hispano Olivetti: When she said sleek red and made of metal, he totally thought he was getting a Ferrari for his...
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Hubby and I often laugh at what “kids today” don’t know or even recognize anymore—any kids, perhaps, other than our kids.
Our kids live with and use such charmingly antiquated (seemingly obsolete) items such as rotary dial telephones, film cameras, phonographs and tape players (including 8-track players), and even typewriters. Last summer, my son scored his first vintage typewriter—using what his momma taught him, he negotiated this 1970s era Royal Sprite for the price of just $1.
Plus a lot of typewriter links.
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Curated by Deanna Dahlsad
An opinionated woman obsessed with objects, entertained by ephemera, intrigued by researching, fascinated by culture & addicted to writing. The wind says my name; doesn't put an @ in front of it, so maybe you don't notice. http://www.kitsch-slapped.com
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A Marketing Mix
Adventures in advertising and marketing - the contemporary, the historical, and the hysterical. http://deanna.dahlsad.com/
Antiques & Vintage Collectibles
Collecting old things; heirlooms and new to you things! Companion to http://www.inherited-values.com/
Colorful Prism Of Racism
Racism past and present. Companion to http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/category/colorful-prism-of-racism/
Consumption Junction
Consumerism meets marketing; who & what manipulates the free market of goods & services. See also: http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/category/ze-big-mouth-promotions-stuff/
Crimes Against Humanity
From lone gunmen on hills to mass movements. Depressing as hell, really.
Cultural History
The roots of culture; history and pre-history.
Dare To Be A Feminist
For Art's Sake-1
Art, crafts, and the people who make them. To inspire and purchase. Companion to http://www.ululating-undulating-ungulate.com/
Herstory
History as this woman sees it. The serious, the kitsch, the opinionated. Companion to http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/
In The Name Of God
Mainly acts done in the name of religion, but also discussions of atheism, faith, & spirituality.
Kinsanity
Let's just say I have reasons to learn more about mental health, special needs children, psychology, and the like.
Kitsch
Mostly vintage and retro "badness" but you can decide how delicious it is. http://www.kitschy-kitschy-coo.com/blog/
Nerdy Needs
The stuff of nerdy, geeky, dreams.
Readin', 'Ritin', and (Publishing) 'Rithmetic
The meaning behind the math of the bottom line in publishing and the media. For writers, publishers, and bloggers (which are a combination of the two).
Sex Positive
Sexuality as a human right.
Vintage Living Today For A Future Tomorrow
It's as easy to romanticize the past as it is to demonize it; instead, let's learn from it. More than living simply, more than living 'green', thrifty grandmas knew the importance of the 'economics' in Home Economics. The history of home ec, lessons in thrift, practical tips and ideas from the past focused on sustainability for families and out planet. Companion to http://www.thingsyourgrandmotherknew.com/
Visiting The Past
Travel based on grande ideas, locations, and persons of the past.
Walking On Sunshine
Stuff that makes me smile.
You Call It Obsession & Obscure; I Call It Research & Important
Links to (many of) my columns and articles.
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