1941.

my newest yard sale find.

one of my favorite discoveries that i was so excited to bring home...

yippee...i have been hoping to find a typewriter the last couple months and there it was!

$10 was the asking price, and it came home with me for $5.

there's something about the old, mechanical way of typing that i find pretty great.

being able to actually see and understand the mechanism of how this actually works, as opposed to not being able to fathom how computers work these days.

G has been a master at typing away and feeding the paper...

i thought it would be a fun way for him to learn letters by finding them on the keyboard and easy to type as he often wants to go on our computer.

so click click click away....

that is until i looked this style of typewriter up on the internet as i wanted to buy some extra ribbon and noticed this...

Price: $595.00

The Royal Quiet DeLuxe puts you right in touch with literary history -- it was one of Ernest Hemingway's favorite machines. This was the first model in a series of the Royal Quiet DeLuxe line that outsold any other portables of the time. It was introduced just before World War II, but its production was suspended when Royal Typewriter Company, like other typewriter manufacturers in the United States at the time, was converted to an ordnance factory to produce weapons. When production resumed in 1946, the Royal Quiet DeLuxe continued to gain a following among on-the-go writers and journalists. Compact, snazzy and a pleasure to write with, this workhorse model is also one of myTypewriter.com's bestsellers.

Wow!
"wow" because it is worth $595 and i bought it for $5.
"wow" to think it was used back in 1941.
"wow" because at 70 years old it is still working perfectly and feels so sturdy under my fingers.

"wow" because maybe this isn't the best piece of equipment for G to play with.

back to old-school style!