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| The Signature 513 was made in 1964 |
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| Paul, our host, and his son. |
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| Paul's Aztec. This is one fantastic typewriter. |
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| German on the left and Spanish on the ringht. |
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| Hallway filled with typewriters. |
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| A few hours into the the event, Mrs. M and I decided to have a coffee. |
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| In honor of Joe Van Cleave (who often posts of lattes and his enjoyment of them) I decided to have a latte. We both had a apricot pastry. Those where so delicious I could have eaten a dozen, but I chose not to. I did have a second one for desert though (and another latte) |
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| On our return Mrs. M found a book she liked. |
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| Being in Michigan we even had a visitor from Hell. |
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| Signature 513 (JP-3) on the left facing off with the SM-9 on the right. Somehow the JP-3 drew the most test typists. I don't blame them. I think the Olympias are inferior to a lot of the others even this JP-3. I should have taken the SM-8. It may have given the JP-3 a better competition as it is a really good typer, especially for an Olympia. |
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| For all the Steampunk people ... A bit of Steampunk from one of the shops in the hall. |
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| The type-In location is in the old Northern Michigan Asylum first built in 1885 and added to in years since. I don't recall when in was closed and later converted to condominiums and shops. |
I've been to Hell. The first time was in the early '70s, and I saved a brochure. The last time was sometime in the oughts, and there didn't seem to be anything there except for a biker bar, or maybe it was a little grocery/ammo store--I can't recall.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Landmark Books looks like an awesome little store, and the next time that I'm in Traverse City, I'll be sure to visit.
Not much to do in Hell. General store, 2 bars, and maybe another store.
DeleteLandmark is a really nice bookstore. Paul also collects and repairs typewriters.
Wow, that is a wonderful space to have a type-in! (:
ReplyDeleteLove that Contempo typeface, I wasn't aware that it came on Brothers (for some reason, I remember it as a Royal face). Really sweet machine. I hope you had a lot of passersby enjoying the setup - looks like a great party. :D
Once someone test drove the Brother others seemed to migrate to it. I sat the Brother and Olympia together due to their neat typefaces, but like me, others found the Oly to be less of a typer than the JP-3 regardless of its typeface and moved over to the Brother.
DeleteNice write-up and pictures. That looks like such an interesting venue. I want the t-shirt of Paul's son :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was indeed a 'glorious day in Michigan' Bill. A well organised event and with coffee and pastries.. who could ask for more 😉
ReplyDeleteJust my cuppa Joe. Nice typecast typeface too!
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