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Friday, 4 October 2013

Fifty Shades of Grey Typewriters (Part III)

1. Journalist Gwen Dew
2. Seidel & Naumann, Dresden, typewriter testing?
3. Checking typists’ work
4. Typing class at Catholic school
5. Actress Mary Steenburgen
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7. Smith-Corona advert, early 1940s
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9. Olivetti factory, Glasgow, early 1950s
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12. Actress Shirley Jones answering fan mail on a mink-covered Royal portable
13. Pamela Colin, London Vogue editor, 1968
14. Typing class
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17. Lucille Ball, 1949
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23. Typesetting by typewriter?
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25. Shoe off, concentrating hard, 1955
26. More relaxed
27. Taking down telegrams, England, September 1932
28. Violet Bunker, England, 1964
29. 1950
30. French typing contest, Paris
31. Actress Jayne Mansfield
32. 1965
33. Three girls who in May 1947 "relighted the torch of freedom" by stopping a "Communist woman propagandist" at Western High School, Washington DC, in a huddle at a typewriter pounding out their own story for Hearst Papers. From left: Ruth Pigott, Virginia Lanham and Virginia Marakle.
34. Densmore advert
35. England, 1930
36. French writer Muriel, 1978
37. 1965
38. Girls school, Florence, Italy, 1907
39. Olivetti factory, Glasgow, mid-1950s
40. 1940
41. Underwood advert
42. Ladies' legs for typebars, movie set, 1930s
43. Secretarial students, Manchester, England, 1957
44. Author Patricia Highsmith, France, 1976
45. 1959
46. English columnist Drucilla Beyfus, London, 1956
47. German journalist Wibke Bruhns, 1972
48. Typewriter demonstration, London Exposition
49. Two hours' work left. Unimpressed typist
 50. Jodie Foster, 1981. 
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5 comments:

  1. Richard P4 October 2013 at 13:45

    Did Jayne Mansfield borrow Shirley Jones' Royal?

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  2. Robert Messenger4 October 2013 at 14:21

    The very same question crossed my mind. Shirley is dressed a little more modestly, however,

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  3. Bill M4 October 2013 at 19:31

    Very nice photos Robert.

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  4. MS5 October 2013 at 01:09

    Image 2 shows different typs of Erikas, therefore i believe it's the testing department of a repair shop.
    If you look at the second (counted from the bottom) machine you can recognize a note attached to it. The third machine shows heavy wear in the paint and the fourth machine is a different Erika model( lower side panel).

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  5. Robert Messenger7 October 2013 at 20:19

    Thank you Richard, Bill and MS for your comments. The caption for image 2 simply states "Seidel & Naumann, Dresden".

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