May 19, 2007

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Huge Typewriter Really Works (Nov, 1937)

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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Nov, 1937
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Huge Typewriter Really Works
SO HUGE that its keys must be operated with the feet, a mammoth typewriter has been placed on exhibition at Atlantic City, N. J. One of its giant type bars is seen about to strike, above, as a champion typist dictates a challenge to rivals.

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11 Comments »

1. Someone should recreate this photo using modern technology.

   http://www.damnfunnypictures.c.....board.html

   Meh. It’s a start.

   Comment by jayessell — May 19, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

2. Someone should re-do this but with modern technology.

   http://www.damnfunnypictures.c.....board.html

   Meh. It’s a start.

   Comment by jayessell — May 19, 2007 @ 3:42 pm

3. I love that she has to do it in a bathingsuit and high heels!

   Wonder if it still exists…
   nah, probably been replaced by a giant iBook!

   Comment by Stannous — May 19, 2007 @ 7:09 pm

4. Darn big keyboard:

   http://www.damnfunnypictures.c.....board.html

   (Disqualified. Non-Functional.)

   Comment by jayessell — May 21, 2007 @ 5:01 am

5. Dang!
   I keep posting comments, and nothing happens!

   Google for “Giant Keyboard” and skip the musical ones (as seen in the motion picture “Big”).

   Comment by jayessell — May 21, 2007 @ 6:31 pm

6. Jayssell: Fixed. Sorry about that, for some reason Askimet marked your comment as spam. It shouldn’t do that again, but if you have that problem again please email me and I’ll fix it. It did that to stannous once too. I’m not sure why.

   Comment by Charlie — May 21, 2007 @ 10:34 pm

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8. This 21 year old babe is now 91. Damn!

   Comment by NikFromNYC — January 14, 2008 @ 3:24 pm

9. That’s interesting: The “world’s champion typist” is a guy. You wouldn’t expect that.

   Comment by Baron Waste — January 24, 2008 @ 11:19 pm

10. you think the patent holders sued dc over all the times they had these in batman

    Comment by zak — July 20, 2008 @ 2:29 pm

11. For several earlier images of very large typewriters that were used for promotional purposes in parades and at world’s fairs, see the following page at the Early Office Museum web site:

    http://www.officemuseum.com/Re.....20Stuff%20!!!.htm

    Comment by Early Office Museum — January 2, 2009 @ 6:51 pm

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