先日東京に行ったときに子どものおみやげを探して見つけたのがこれ。 シカゴタイプライター、トンプソン・マシンガン、トミーガンと呼ばれたサブマシンガンのゴム銃。 アメリカの禁酒法時代にマフィアが好んで使っていたマシンガンです。映画や ...

Rachel Spence lost her job and caught COVID-19 in quick succession. Looking for a hobby in the wake of that disruption, ...

In 1956, IBM built a typewriter factory off of New Circle Road, where it would manufacture the Selectric typewriter.

After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a principal and later opening an arms manufacturing company in 1831 with his ...

Maker William Sun Petrus has created an awesome drum machine using a 1920’s Remington compact typewriter combined with a little Arduino hardware and programming. The processing power is provided by an ...

A typewriter artist has set his sights on a new Guinness World Record with a two-metre drawing of the London skyline as he hopes to encourage others to give the machine “a second life”. James Cook, 25 ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...