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May 13
May 13
Connecting the differences
Some of the typospherians already wrote some hints and pieces about the discussions with Jos Llegrand. These discussions are about connecting the differences between younger and older collectors. “What is it that binds us, where are we going to talk about when we meet?” Apparently there are a lot of assumptions. Assumptions that might not [...]
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May 13
May 13
Underwood 3 portable typewriter
I adopted this little three-bank Underwood portable, designed by Lee Spear Burridge, last Saturday during our trip to “Onterfd Goed”. This machine came onto the market in 1920. Manufacturing stopped in 1929. No patents are mentioned on the back of my machine. Also no mentioning of Gubelmann. It only says: “Made in U.S.A. Patents pending.” [...]
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May 13
May 13
Fourth destination: collection of a former museum
Do you ever wonder how it would be like to walk into a typewriter shop during the old days? Just entering a building full of warehouse shelves and lots and lots of typewriters? Those who have a typewriter repair shop in the area probably haven’t, but I did. And I was happily surprised when Frank [...]
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May 13
May 13
To trade, or not to trade?
Last Saturday I’ve adopted this 3-bank Underwood Portable: But the next day I noticed they also have this 3-bank Underwood Portable in their collection: So I started to doubt. Because the second one has the case and a better decal at the front. It also requires less work restoring it to proper working condition. (The [...]
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May 13
May 13
Typewriters in Russia
There isn’t much known about typewriters on “the other side of the iron curtain”, although the iron curtain fell down a while ago and internet makes a lot possible. Hearing about the website English Russia again, I decided to search through many articles to find some typewriters. Page 1 of this article about WWII shows [...]
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May 13
May 13
Third destination: local war museum
Today we went to one of the local war museums. Living in one of the important areas during the war, we have several musea about the second world war. We didn’t know this one existed until we drove by it a couple of weeks ago. Turns out, this museum is a personal collection. The collector [...]
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May 13
May 13
Second destination: Naturalis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center is a national museum of natural history and a research center on biodiversity in Leiden, Netherlands. It has a lot of insects, invertebrates, vertebrates, fossils, rocks, minerals and gemstones. It is five storeys high and next to the permanent exhibitions there were three temporary exhibitions. When you enter the museum, after you’ve [...]
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May 13
May 13
First destination during our staycation: Köln
Yesterday we decided to go to Münster, Germany. It would take us two hours to drive to this historical city. But after an hour driving the navigation system warned us that there would be a 75 minute delay, and we immediately took the highway to Köln (Cologne). We arrived around two in the afternoon and [...]
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May 13
May 13
Message for the Dutch typewriter collectors
Sorry Typospherians, this message is in Dutch. Op zaterdag 18 mei as. zal Onterfd Goed van 10.00 uur tot 14.00 uur geopend zijn voor geinteresseerden. Tijdens deze extra openingsdag kun je alle objecten bekijken, aanraken en ruiken. Zo’n 600 typemachines, 1300 inktstellen, 3000 boeken, beeldmateriaal, pennen en potloden worden ter adoptie aangeboden. Er hangen kaartjes [...]