Tuesday, April 26, 2011

World's last typewriter factory is selling its final batch of 500 machines

World's last typewriter factory is selling its final batch of 500 machines

The world's last typewriter factory is selling its final batch of 500 typewriters, ending an era that began in 1867 with the production in the U.S. of the world's first commercial typewriter.

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1 comment:

  1. "world's last typewriter factory"

    Not quite. More accurately, "world's last manual office typewriter factory". As one of this article's comments notes, there are still many manufacturers of electric typewriters and portable manual typewriters.

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