Recent Purchases
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Picked this up a few months ago because both of my kids love to write and have writing aspirations. Some of my favorite writers insisted on using a manual typewriter and I’m a believer. I learned to type from my grandmother who was a military secretary during WW2. She taught me on an older model than this with glass topped keys, one I wish I still had but she must have sold or traded it along the way. This is a 1954 Smith Corona Sterling. It’s a really fun machine.
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@Daniel-San said in Recent Purchases:
Pretty visionary to have a @ in the 50s
I had to look that up, too - but the history of that particular sign is a little broader than you'd expect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign
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@Daniel-San @tody wow thats a lot of information on “@“ ! I like the document from 1345 that had it. Damn, the fact I knew what “@“ meant before the digital revolution is making me feel old.
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Where y@? Is common enough in my life that I am well-familiar with it. Pretty awesome that it dates back to the 14th century!
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I’m a sucker for a chambray shirt. Picked up this workshirt at a vintage market today. Not sure when they stopped putting the tag on the front but I like it. I own the western version and been eyeing this one for a bit now. Gently worn and a good price.
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Around 2012/2013 i think
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@Matt eyesight might be up there in things to go. I completely missed reading 10th Anniversary on the tag. Haha
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One of the artists I collect (Peter Manion) kindly gifted me with these two. I’m trying to decide whether to mount them together or frame seperately.
More of his pieces for reference:
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@Anesthetist Very cool. And I like the pieces you already have.
