The Sole Prototype of the First Chinese Typewriter Was Discovered in a New York Basement

Typewriters are key to this LA County Fair exhibit’s retro appeal

Among the old-timey sounds you’ll hear at the Los Angeles County Fair: the shrieks of people on thrill rides, calliope-style carnival music, the cluck-cluck of hens. Add an unexpected one: the clack-clack of typewriters. Tucked inside Exhibit Hall 6, a section dubbed Type Town is devoted to typewriters. There, typewriters are displayed behind glass like precious objects, including a 1950s metallic-green model autographed by its previous owner, T…

The Sole Prototype of the First Chinese Typewriter Was Discovered in a New York Basement

A Stanford scholar has been rewarded for his work documenting Chinese computing by winning his university the chance to purchase the only known prototype of the first-ever Chinese typewriter after it was found in a basement. Receiving offers through Facebook and Reddit from museums and institutions around the world, New Yorker Jennifer Felix and her […] The post The Sole Prototype of the First Chinese Typewriter Was Discovered in a New York Base…