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OldBaldy1701E

(8,427 posts)
21. Yes!
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 10:30 AM
Apr 2025

Although it was the mint-green one below the one listed.

Well done!

(Gods, after looking at that page, I want to find it again!)

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Some kind of manual Marthe48 Apr 2025 #1
I think mine was a Royal UpInArms Apr 2025 #2
Mine too. debm55 Apr 2025 #3
Same here... Cloudhopper Apr 2025 #10
It was some kind of manual typewriter - Royal, I think. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #4
Oh yeah .... anciano Apr 2025 #5
Oh, yes, an entire room (15 of us I think) clanging down on those dang keys. Biophilic Apr 2025 #6
Yuppers! SheltieLover Apr 2025 #7
I liked the Selectric! I thought it was a breakthrough only to be superseded by the first desktop computer. CTyankee Apr 2025 #17
Me too! SheltieLover Apr 2025 #18
Yes. Old blue Smith Corona Sterling model. Onthefly Apr 2025 #8
I think we had Royal typewriters in my 1964 typing class. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #9
Remington Rand for me fernlady Apr 2025 #11
My late mother had a manual Underwood. She was an excellent typist and won several... 3catwoman3 Apr 2025 #12
Smith-Corona Here ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #13
Probably Underwood, or Royal. Not sure where my parents got it. Not good at touch typing either... electric_blue68 Apr 2025 #14
A Royal manual in the beginning. (1965) yellowdogintexas Apr 2025 #15
I learned on a small manual typewriter LogDog75 Apr 2025 #16
It was my father's little pico typewriter. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #19
thiis. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #20
Yes! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #21
anytime. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #22
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