Imagine all of the waiting rooms and typing classes it's seen in its half-century on earth. IBM this week is celebrating the 50th birthday of its best-selling Selectric line of office typewriters.

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The IBM Selectric typewriter, arguably Lexington's most famous product, turns 50 on Sunday. From what is now Lexmark International's headquarters along New Circle Road, thousands of IBM employees ...

Technologizer has a great retrospective on one of the most powerful information creation machines ever built – the IBM Selectric. The result of “seven years of research,” the Selectric typewriter ...

IBM sold 13 million Selectric typewriters which also served as a precursor to early computer terminals It has been retired for 25 years but IBM will celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the introduction ...

The Selectric is still considered one of the most dramatic improvements in the typewriter space, thanks to its "golf ball" head. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has ...

The area’s last typewriter repairman is 92 and he’ll tell you all kinds of stories. Bob Montgomery has the time for stories because he’s not that busy these days. Time passes slowly in his fifth-floor ...

I had seen this woman before. Many times now. I was certain of it. But who was she? In a film from 1947, she’s operating an electric Chinese typewriter, the first of its kind, manufactured by IBM.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This electric typewriter was ...