@AlaskaTypewriter shared this beautiful photo of a No. 12 serial 107,868. in Alaska. The first question that popped into my mind was how did it get there? This machine was built around 1912, based on the serial number, and while this machine was brought west by a family, it raised an interesting question: How would […]

Recently I acquired a unique Hammond universal shuttle called a Display type. Strangely this was the first I had ever heard of the display type, but even more so that there is a Hammond Display Type Machine. Here the shuttle is listed in an advertisement for what appears to be the No. 2, ca. 1902. […]