Oblation Papers & Press co-owner Ron Rich (second from left) talks with Cindy Bilotti (second from right), who, with her son, Ben, bought a refurbished Czechoslovakian Consul typewriter during the ...

There are very few things that are surrounded with as much hearsay and rumor as the origins of the QWERTY layout of typewriters and keyboards. The reason behind the QWERTY layout isn’t as simple as ...

Typing on mobile devices has gotten better over the years, but it's still not something to relish. The worst is when you've got a big block of text and an app crashes, or a web site becomes ...

Rare Books and Special Collection at Princeton, holds a Model No. 1 Remington Type-writer from 1874. The manufacture of this machine began at the gun works of Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) in 1873 ...

Back in 1896, the QWERTY keyboard layout was created to increase typing speed, but for a reason that is no longer valid on today's computers. The first typing machines had keyboards with an ...

Steam dummy trains disguised as streetcars helped to climb hills on the East Side. A typing contest held in Cincinnati in 1888 helped to popularize the keyboard we use. A Kroger supermarket in Kenwood ...