This image from Smith-Corona advertising during the 1960's is probably the earliest reference to the idea of the Type-In, the practice of gathering together with our typewriters and celebrating our machines and what we create with them.
“The fable-like combination of Lucas Dul’s seeking the truth and beauty of a grasshopper machine with the intensity and determination of an ant colony is visibly striking in its impressive success. The result is knowledge, understanding and humor about the Williams designs that make this book THE mu
Sharing a pic of my trusty typing machine. Mostly used for letters, some journaling, and occasionally poetry. It likes to tackle forms too. Still got that German precision. Here's under the hood: