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1 - Pete E.
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Olivetti - Praxis 48....
Had a chance to snag a nice-condition Olivetti Praxis 48 here in the USA.
Its travels to my home have begun.
I was aware the Praxis 48 was made in Spain and even in Canada. But my in-coming was made in the USA...apparently at an Underwood facility in PA State.
More info. and photos after it arrives and goes through my typewriter spa-day regimen.
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- Pete E.
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
Sorry...mistake in my posting above.
Meant to type "Italy" and not "Spain".
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Thread Starter- Shamwari
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
Nice! Interesting design and a lot older than I expected, seems to be mid 60s to early 70s from what I can see on the web.
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
Yes....1969 to 1975 from the Typewriter Database :
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Thread Starter- Pete E.
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
I think it will be about the same size as my manual Olivetti Linea 98, but just heavier since the Praxis 48 is fully electric. I will do some side-by-side photos in a week or so.
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
=18.9pxIt may be even earlier than 1969, Alan Seaver of Machines of Loving Grace says that the Praxis 48 was introduced in 1964 and there is a seller on Ebay offering a magazine ad for the Praxis 48 which is stated to have been taken out of Time magazine for 12/2/1966
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
Yes...interesting.
USA Patent 205,971 was issued 11-11-1966 and reference of earlier dates in the text of the granted patent.
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Thread Starter- Pete E.
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
The Olivetti-Underwood factory was (is) located at 2800 Valley Road, Harrisburg, PA.
It opened in 1970.
Still standing today and most recently was a Comcast service center that is indicated as now closed.
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Re: Olivetti - Praxis 48....
In the early 1980's, designer Ettore Sottsass designed this home in Woodside, CA for David Kelly...who was the designer of the early computer mouse for Apple Computer.
I would like to think there might have been a Praxis 48 typewriter in that home as well. Any maybe even an Olivetti Valentine typewriter.
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