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Type Talk » Post Editing Now Available! (Disregard for now...) » 03-3-2024 14:01:34

Uwe
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No, and as a result I think most of us here are used to carefully proofing our posts before clicking on the Submit button.

Portable Typewriters » Rooy portable : What materials ? » 03-3-2024 13:57:16

Uwe
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OlivWriter wrote:

And also, why is the underside of the lid fluffy, soft ? 

I imagine it's to protect the top of the machine when the lid is closed, and to provide some sound deadening when it's open and being used as a base. A design like this would not be very forgiving of those who did not keep their typewriters clean - as in using type-out liquids or erasers with the carriage being moved to the side.

Portable Typewriters » Verticle Cursive Script - Example » 26-2-2024 12:38:59

Uwe
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Which generation Silent was this installed in? That particular typeface was available for decades, and if it isn't Raro #222, it's certainly very similar to it. I know #222 was available for Underwood, but without knowing what year this Silent dates to, it's hard to comment on the typeface manufacturer.

For what it's worth, I think the use of non-italicized script was far more common in the first half of the 20th century. 

Here's one of my machines with the same/similar typeface:

Typewriter Paraphernalia » Typewriter Pin-Ups... » 22-2-2024 12:07:11

Uwe
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Well that's interesting. The speaker is not period correct for the phone and the typewriter then? 

The World of Typewriters » Project Blue Boook - TV Series From 2019-2020 » 22-2-2024 11:58:42

Uwe
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Well, part of a typewriter: I think the Enigma used Olympia keytops.

Typewriter Paraphernalia » Typewriter Pin-Ups... » 16-2-2024 15:13:42

Uwe
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I'm just being weird.

The fact that it's an obviously staged photo aside, and that it's really odd that an Olympia SM would be used by someone being barked at through an intercom - or is it over the phone? - the resolution of the image seems wrong for a period photograph. I can't put my finger on it, but even though it's likely an actual photo from the mid 20th century, it has a few elements that make it look like it could have been taken last year.

The World of Typewriters » Project Blue Boook - TV Series From 2019-2020 » 16-2-2024 15:04:33

Uwe
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SoucekFan wrote:

Coincidentally, I will be going to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson this weekend...

That should be interesting; I hope they have one!

Conversely, I have been to museums that had typewriters on display that I knew couldn't possibly be the actual original models. For example, the first time I went to Hemingway House in Key West there was one typewriter in the entire museum, and it was highly likely that it was one he had used. However, many years later when I revisited the house, there was a typewriter in almost every room - and most of them were models that I had never seen documented evidence of Hemingway using. When I asked someone who worked there about this, he sheepishly admitted that they had just bought a number of vintage typewriters to embellish the display cabinets. 

Typewriter Paraphernalia » Typewriter Pin-Ups... » 15-2-2024 18:05:45

Uwe
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Pete, what's the source of the photo with the Olympia? There's something really fishy about the photo.

The World of Typewriters » Project Blue Boook - TV Series From 2019-2020 » 15-2-2024 17:59:22

Uwe
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The Royal I was warning against was just the Empress. And you're right that KMMs are a good option; I've have seen Royal models in U.S. military photos, however a lot of them were in use by the navy. I don't know if typewriter procurement was a branch specific activity or if it was done for the entire military in general. 

The World of Typewriters » Project Blue Boook - TV Series From 2019-2020 » 07-2-2024 15:38:09

Uwe
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They didn't contact me for help, otherwise I would have warned them against the Royal. For that matter, I don't think the Hermes or Halda are correct placements either. For an American military office I would have suggested either Remington or Underwood models. And those models would have likely been older versions instead of a manufacturer's newest offerings. Sounds like a prop master who didn't want to waste too much time sourcing typewriters was responsible for that production.

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