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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 #21 – Inner Monologue

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Once again, it is time for another typing assignment. This is my first blog post in 2019. I feel like I should be able to come up with more content than this. But I have lots of things to do offline. Time to get going and do these things.

Inspiration

1957 green Olympia SM-3

Typing Assignment 19

I’m amazed that it is September already! Time flies regardless if you are having fun or not. See above for my entry for Typing Assignment #19, Inspiration. The typewriter I used is the green 1957 Olympia SM-3 pictured above.

Final Resting Place – Typing Assignment #17

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Typing Assignment 17

Typing assignment #17 was to take a found photo and type something (perhaps a short fiction) about it. Above is the photo and the text. Below is the typewriter I used to type this assignment, the 1901 Smith Premier No. 4.

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Typing Assignment #14

I really want to use this site for more than just typing assignments. I just haven’t figured out what to post. One of these days I’ll figure out what to put. Feel free to make some suggestions.

In the meantime, here is my entry for Typing Assignment 14, the subject is the Underdog. Clearly this typewriter needs some more work, but it was nice to get it working.

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The Future

After a somewhat long hiatus from the typing assignment series, here is my entry for number 13. I really need to post other things, but at the moment, I am more than content to just keep it simple. This was my first attempt with this machine from 1897. I think it needs a small part and I’m not sure whether I can source one. It is on my list of things to do for the future.

Typing Assignment 13