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Includes a brief history of typewriters, examples of early models, and common questions about collecting. In Swedish and English.
http://web.telia.com/~u13101111/typewriters.html
Antique office equipment collecting. Features articles on antique typewriters.
http://www.yesterdaysoffice.com/
Information on collecting typewriters. Includes a gallery, restoration tips, and resources.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~msc/typewriter/
Antique typewriter exchange. Includes information on subscription.
http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/~curtis7/typex.html
Australian site detailing the history of typewriters and providing a forum for discussion.
http://www.precision-dynamics.com.au/typewriters
Virtual museum of antique typewriters, including toy, index, and special purpose typewriters. Also has information on selected early office items.
http://typewriter.rydia.net
Features an antique typewriter virtual library and museum, a timeline, and news for collectors.
http://www.ladytypewriter.co.uk
Information about ETCetera, the Journal of the Early Typewriter Collectors Association.
http://typewriter.rydia.net/etcetera.htm
Article by Richard Polt includes typewriter terminology, information on desirability and price, and organizations and newsletter.
http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~e.tedeschi/howto4.htm
Extensive information on the restoration of antique typewriters. Includes a virtual museum and a parts exchange.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~catch55/
Extensive virtual museum dedicated to the early history of the typewriter.
http://www.typewritermuseum.org
Smithsonian Institution exhibit features museum display, timeline, and resources for further study.
http://www.smithsonianeducation....n_plans/carbons/typewriters.html
Offers a wealth of information for antique typewriter collectors, including history, collecting and care tips, and typewriter humor.
http://staff.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters/
Contains tributes to select early typewriter companies and featured machines form Mr. Johnson's collection. And sources for hard to find supplies for antique typewriters.
http://homepage.mac.com/sljohnson/typewriter.html
History of office tools and the people that were responsible for the development of the scientific workplace. Articles on typewriters, adding machines, check writers, ribbon tins, staplers, and pencil sharpeners.
http://www.geocities.com/typewriterexchange/
An illustrated history of early typewriters by typewriter collector Richard Milton.
http://www.portabletypewriters.com
Antique typewriters, calculation devices, and other old machines of grace; photographs; collecting resources.
http://www.mechanista.com
Anthony Casillo provides information on collectable typewriters, including pictorial gallery of early typewriters.
http://www.typewritercollector.com/
Date your old/ antique typewriter, by using the serial number listings database. Includes additional information for collectors.
http://www.tw-db.com