You can read more about me (and bask in my photographic glory) at
http://vintagetechobsessions.blogspot.com/2011/11/other-olympia-sm3-in-italic.html
P.S. Grandfather Simplex still hasn't been reassembled. So many Olympias, so little time.
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Survive on Dagobah they could, hmm.
ReplyDeleteMmmm... you seek Olympia...
Deletewhipped toppings?
ReplyDeleteI wonder what typewriter was used by Bunny Allen.
I will have to look up Bunny Allen. You've made me curious.
DeleteAs for the Trolls and wild animals, just click on the "swamp" tag ;-)
Cool ad!
ReplyDeleteAnthropologist and typewriter collector Peter Weil tells me that he brought a Lettera 22 to Africa in the late '60s and it didn't do nearly as well. Drove him crazy, in fact! He and his wife pitched it over the side of the ship when they left the continent.
That's interesting. The Lettera would have been much smaller and more compact. The build quality on Olympia machines is impressive.
DeleteI picked up a small stack of late 50s and early 60s National Geographics and will continue to dig through the ads. So far there are few typewriters. I've made MEK happy with some fountain pen ads and there are many great car ads as well. I'll post the typewriters as I find them and will try to remember to email some for your ephemera archive.
Egad! The idea of hauling along any one of my typers on a safari is a bit overwhelming. Then again, all the safari movies show a string of lackeys doing the heavy lifting.
ReplyDeleteRichard's image of a typewriter being chucked overboard makes me chuckle. Wonder how many typewriters are lying at the bottom of the seas (or lakes) around the world. Hope the underwater beings are making some fantastic coral reefs or little homes from them.