Typing Assignment #22

Well, it’s time for another typing assignment, courtesy of Joe Van Cleave! The subject of this assignment was Summer Road Trip.  I decided to write about my trip to visit him.

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The typewriter I used was an 1961 Olympia SG-1 with 17 cpi Manuscript typeface.   Here is a picture of the typewriter.  1961 Olympia SG-1 small

I figured I could get more on the page; I probably could have had I single spaced the text.

We are allowed to post one picture from the road trip.  Let’s see…

Joe Van Cleave typing SP4

I chose this image of Joe typing on my Smith Premier No. 4.  It was neat to see him typing on it.  Many of the people who looked at it were not sure what to make of the strange, yet not strange double keyboard on the Smith Premier machines.  It was sometime after this that he was gifted an Olympia SG-3.  He seems to like that new machine of his also.

Typing Assignment # 18 – Science Fiction

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For a change, I am not going to be the last one done with my entry for Typing Assignment #18! The assignment was to write a one page science fiction story.

I was happy to put a new ribbon into the 1899 Smith Premier No. 4  I used to type the above entry with.  However, my typing technique isn’t as good as it ought to be.  Sometimes the keys aren’t going straight down like they should and I think I just need to use the machine a bit more.  I am currently doing that.  It seemed to work with the 1901 variant of the Smith Premier No. 4 I have used previously.