Alberto Bevilacqua 1972, Olivetti Studio 44
Alberto Moravia 1950, Remington
Alberto Savinio 1940, Remington 1
Aldous Huxley 1946, Royal?
Alistair MacLean 1960, Remington
Antonio Amurri 1975. Olympia SF
Arthur Miller 1955, Royal
Arthur Schlesinger Jr 1950, Remington?
Beryl Cooke 1956, Oliver?
Betsy Beaton 1948
Betty Smith 1944, Royal
Blaise Cendrars 1948, Remington 2
Brendan Gill 1970, Olivetti
Brooks Atkinson 1947 Moscow, Royal
Damon Runyon 1944, Royal
Donald Barthelme 1964
Drew Pearson 1949, Corona 3?
E. B. White 1953
Elio Vittorini 1955, Olivetti (Studio 42?)
Elliot Paul 1944, Remington 2
Emlyn Williams 1966, Corfu, Olivetti Lettera 22
Eric Hobsbawm 1976, Olivetti Studio 45
Frederick Manfred 1947
Françoise Sagan 1957, Hermes Baby
Freya Stark 1957
Friederike Mayröcker 1969, Hermes Baby?
Gay Talese 1989
Georges Simenon 1945, Royal
Gordon Honeycombe 1972
Harry Hopkins 1955. What is that machine?
John Robb 1955
Leon Trotsky 1938
Lowell Sherman 1935
Marguerite Duras 1955, Olivetti ICO MP1
Marie Winstedt 1974, Smith-Corona?
Mary Astor 1960
Merton Hodge 1934, Underwood Noiseless?
Otto Strasser 1939
Paul Brodeur 1989, Olympia SM9
Paul Krassner 1968, IBM?
Paolo Limiti 1968, Remington Monarch?
Paolo Limiti, Olivetti
Peter Tinniswood 1986
Pierre Schoendoerffer 1965, Olivetti
René Girard 1979, Olivetti DL
Robert Kee 1951, Remington 2
Robert Sabatier 1987, Hermes 3000
Roland Pertwee 1933
Salman Rushdie 1981, Corona electric?
Susan Comegys 1955
Susan Sontag 1972
Taylor Caldwell 1948, Royal
Tennessee Williams 1955, Olivetti Studio 44
Togo 1937
Jean Bruller 1972, Olympia SM9
11 comments:
I'm certainly one of the least qualified to guess on these, but:
Vonnegut's looks like some type of Olivetti to me.
As does Rushdie's. His looks (to my old eyes) like an Underwood-Olivetti, poorly treated.
But regardless - thanks for all the pics! Love it!
This post never seemed to end - massive! Mayröcker: yes, Hermes Baby.
My God, what a crop of fantastic photos! I enjoyed them all, even though I don't know who the writers are in some cases.
Taylor Caldwell is working on a Remington - you can tell by the downturned carriage return lever.
That's a Hermes 9 that Marcuse is typing on.
Amazing that Barthelme (with a wonderful ironic smile) is using such an old typewriter, with return lever on the right (LC Smith?).
The margin stop on Schlesinger's machine looks like a Smith-Corona product to me.
Huxley's typewriter is a Remington - you can tell from the folding tip of the return lever. My guess is a Streamliner.
Good stuff for my "Writers and their Typewriters" page!
Taylor Caldwell's typewriter is not a 1948 Royal. The machine is a Remington Rand 17 or KMC because the handle on the return lever is downward. All Royal Standard machines the handle is facing upward.
Frederick Manfred has a Remington KMC or 17.
Harry Hopkins is working on a prewar Olympia.
Very cool! Some of them look like they were taken by surprise.
Here's my list of guesses:
-Aldous Huxley-Remington Streamline series
-Beryl Cooke-Underwood Universal
-Donald Barthelme-Remington Standard 7?
-E.R. Brathwaite-Lettera 32?
-Frederick Manfred-Remington Super Riter?
-Georges Simenon-Royal KMM
-Lowell Sherman-Underwood Standard
-Marie Windstedt-Smith Corona Sterling/Super/Silent
-Togo-Royal No. 10
Those are some great photos! I do not know enough to guess at the ones you do not know.
I would guess that Marie Winstedt is using a Remington Quiet-Riter. The nameplate appears to have some sort of relief and it is centred, unlike Smith Coronas.
Marcuse is typing in a Hermes 9... I've got one, oddly enough.
Hello sir,
It has been almost ten years since this post, and so I assume you have since found the answer to the question that kicked it off. Richard Polt features a photo of a very young Ken Kesey with a Royal KMM on his Writers and their Typewriters page, and he looks a lot like the guy in the Merry Pranksters documentary, and those machines never ever die, so I think it is a fair bet this is the one. https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/keseykmm.jpg
A wonderful collection of pictures, many thanks.
I think E. R. Braithwaite is with a Studio 44, the platen is a larger diameter than on the Lettera 32 and a sliding chrome paper guide can be seen to the far left (looking from the front) of the paper plate, which the 32 didn't have.
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