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Is my old typewriter worth any money?
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Are Old Typewriters Worth Anything?

So you found an old typewriter in grandma’s attic. Or maybe you came across one for cheap at a garage sale and you want to...

Cold War
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Project GUNMAN

Sixteen typewriters in the US embassy in Moscow and the US consulate in Leningrad spent as long as eight years transmitting everything typed on them...

The Unibomber
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The Corona in the Loft

The manhunt started on May 25, 1978, when a package exploded at the University of Illinois at Chicago and injured a security guard. The FBI...

Zodiac Killer
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The Confession Letter

Cheri Jo Bates was murdered near a community college campus in Riverside, California, and for the sixty years since, her case has sat at the...

Hiss-Chambers Case
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Hiss-Chambers & Exhibit UUU

This case is at the center of one of the most durable conspiracy theories in American history. It played out just as Cold War anti-communist...

Closeup of typewriter slugs
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How a Typewriter Became a Witness

Long before anyone thought to compare typefaces, courts were already comparing marks on paper. The tradition goes back further than most people assume......
John K. Stockham, Washington, D.C. insurance man, turns a machine over to Don MacDonald, Washington, D.C. typewriter dealer
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Forty-Two Keys to Victory

In July of 1942, John K. Stockham walked into a shop in Washington, D.C. and handed his typewriter across the counter to a man named......
A figure walking among his typewriter collection
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What Are You Chasing?

Some people only want Royals. Every model, every era, every color they can find, as long as the badge says Royal. That's the one that...
Man reading a buyer's guide book on vintage typewriters
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The Vintage Typewriter Buyer’s Guide

Condition determines a typewriter’s value more than age, rarity, or brand. Not “matters more.” Determines. A common Smith-Corona in excellent shape will out-earn a rare...
CLACK! magazine
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CLACK! Vol. 1

CLACK! is a new zine from Bryan Mahoney of The Typin’ Pint, released as Issue 01 at the QWERTY Typewriter Festival in Carson, CA (summer...

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My Old Typewriter

To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth…

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