Once upon a time, you got all dressed up to buy a typewriter or an adding machine . . .

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. . . and if you were in New York, you went to the Olivetti store at 584 Fifth Avenue.

You don't need to understand Italian to enjoy the pictures which include a few shots of the Olivetti stores in San Francisco and Chicago. Click Successiva to move to the next picture. Click Dimensioni originali to blow up the picture in a new tab or window.

 
Nobody, but nobody ever designed a more interesting typewriter or adding machine than Olivetti. I have several different ones in my typewriter collection. They had such an interesting look.

Ron
 
TOO COOL!

One of my favorite books in about third grade was "From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E Frankwiler". The plot was a brother/sister in New York going on an adventure in the city, with one of the adventures typing a ransom note (or something) on the typewriters at the front of the Olivetti store. I had in my mind what it looked like, but it wasn't as cool as this.
 

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