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A next step
When I saw them for the first time in Mr Polt's post, I was surprised. These were new to me.Just now I spotted one overhere as well. When doing a casual browse on the local auction site with the usual...
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Another case
Another little black carrying case.New acquisition.Ultra-portable.Not a typewriter.:-)
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Changing case
Now that I'd got the gramophone pretty much working, I set out to get some period records to go with it. With one set that I bought came a small record carrying case for 10" records.Like many cases of...
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Touch typing practice without a typewriter
Economizing - get up to proper typing-speed before using a machine proper. A low cost way to get practice on a keyboard, from a late 30-ies article in a magazine. Forgot to write down which when I...
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Better than good is
Fine as a watch mechanismSolid as a rockBetter than is goodPicked up from the local Ebay for a small payment and a 5 minute bike ride. A blotter of thick paper printed with the Underwood advertisement...
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The rise and decline
The rise and decline of the typewriter that is. After its gradual invention in the latter half of the 19th century the typewriter as a device equally gradually enters the consciousness of society. By...
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Manufactured in Cincinnati
Made around 1926 I estimate. Serial number NO201609. Looks like it's been in a battle (and came out badly), but it still works fine! Have now had it 10 years or so, a gift from my in-laws (they know me...
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Keys to Electri-conomy
Promotional film by Remington Rand.  (Came across it on the Archive, hadn't seen it before there.)A short (~25 mins) movie with lots of period office scenes, I'm guessing it is from around 1950. Also...
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Digital machinery
The inside of the Dalton Adding Machine looks slightly better than the outside. Only slightly.On the plus side and impressively - it still fully functions. No stuck keys or stubborn carry, the printing...
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Dalton Adding Machine mechanism and operation
Pictures of the digital mechanical adding machine.The machine now viewed from the front, operator view with the large lever at the right. After entering a number, pulling the lever all the way forward...
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Playing!
The machine's now been entirely taken apart, cleaned up, oiled and put back together again. It really does look the part now. Having a blast playing with it!A lot of the techniques for cleaning and...
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How to use the auto-brake - instruction card
In addition to the instruction leaflet to be given to a customer with the HMV102 machine, another instruction label was tied to the brake lever. This contains important directions to make sure the user...
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This beautiful desk for a dollar
From Popular Aviation, December 1939 this advertisement by Remington:Around that time, this beautiful desk is advertised quite a lot in several magazines.Seems a bit off, to sell a desk for such a...
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Underwood at the Fair
Another bit of 'flatware'.A very clean and optimistic looking postcard showing the giant Underwood machine at the 1939 New York World's Fair. This was I think very much an Underwood thing, these giant...
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Uplifting music
The gramophone itself was fun to fix and indeed does look great. It's now also great fun to play music with it.Over the past months I've been getting more music to go with the gramophone. I always...
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Adjusting Noiseless Portable
The Remington Noiseless Portable required still quite a whack at the keys, my particular specimen needed this to make an even imprint. Hitting the keys without a firm (staccato) wallop, would make an...
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Lower Clapton Road
This record I just bought came in a sturdy cardboard sleeve from a record store. (Amazingly, today in 2014 there are online stores where you can just browse their catalogue of 78's and order your...
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Another surprise find :-)I Want The Waiter (With The Water), sung by Carroll Gibbons with a piano.
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How to get the best results from HMV products
The assembly and operating instructions leaflet that originally came with the HMV 102 gramophone was fairly brief on the actual use. It includes winding instructions and how to place a new needle, but...
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