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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Display

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: Semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 super speed L.C. Smith typewriters to Jones Typewriter — Business Furniture Co., 506 State Street.
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View towards one man standing beside a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 super speed L.C. Smith typewriters to Jones Typewriter — Business Furnitu...
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L.C. Smith Typewriter Truck

Date: 08 17 1937
Description: View across street towards a semi-trailer truck delivering 200 new 1937 Super Speed L.C. Smith typewriters. A young boy and three men are standing in the s...
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Myles Horton with Typewriter

Date: 1934
Description: Myles Horton sitting, shirtless, typing on a typewriter on his lap while sitting outdoors.
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Remington Rand Inc. Truck

Date: 1940
Description: International model D-15-M (Metro) truck owned by Davidson Transfer & Storage Co. and operated under lease by Remington Rand, Inc., in Baltimore. A man is ...
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Brown in Africa

Date: 07 1941
Description: This portrait of CBS reporter Cecil Brown, then based in Rome, was taken during his tour of North Africa. It was later used as the cover illustration for h...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
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New Machines in Quantity

Date: 1933
Description: Stanley P. Stemp (owner), on the left, and two employees stand on the sidewalk in front of the Stemp Typewriter Company located at 533 State Street. They h...
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Delivery for Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 1933
Description: Stanley P. Stemp (owner), third from the left, and three employees stand on the sidewalk next to an Ed Klief Transfer Line delivery truck and driver. Behin...
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Delivery for Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 1933
Description: View from across State Street of men and women standing in front of the Stemp Typewriter Company as deliveries are stacked on the sidewalk. Stanley P. Stem...
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Delivery for Stemp Typewriter Company

Date: 1933
Description: View down the sidewalk of two men standing near a Doran's Tranfer delivery truck next to the Stemp Typewriter Company. One man is standing next to the cab ...
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Island Woman with Typewriter

Date: 08 24 1943
Description: An indigenous woman wearing a grass shirt sits on a carved boat with Robert Doyle on the shore of Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present d...
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War Correspondent at His Typewriter

Date: 07 1943
Description: Robert Doyle types stories about the Red Arrow Division in his tent while seated on his cot. The tent sides are tied open. A crate serves as a typewriter s...
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The Last Day in Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A woman is working on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. One man is standing in the center, and t...
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Recording the Contents of Each Box

Date: 06 1930
Description: A woman is recording the contents of each box on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. Three men are...
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Typing Fisherman

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Description: A man wearing a straw hat, coat, eyeglasses, and hip waders is sitting on a log typing on a typewriter. A fishing pole is propped up on top of the typewrit...
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Alice E. Smith

Date: 04 01 1973
Description: A candid portrait of Alice E. Smith sitting behind a typewriter. She appears to be sitting on an outdoor patio, and is writing on a pad of paper.

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