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Re: Collection of vintage typewriters, calculators, and office equipment available from a closed 51-year-old Indiana office supply business
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A Blean <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:27:03 -0700
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send the typwriters to Tom Hanks, he's a collector


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Stockwell, Todd <
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>  The owner of a now closed 51-year-old office supply business in
> Greensburg, Indiana, is offering a collection of around 70 typewriters and
> calculators and a few other pieces of vintage office equipment as a group
> or by the piece to any interested museum or other organization.
>
>
>
> If you are interested or have a suggestion of someone else who might be,
> please contact the owner directly:
>
> Bob Jackson, Jackson Office Equipment, Greensburg, Indiana, 812-663-2156
>
>
>
> The building the collection is currently stored in needs to be vacated
> soon, so the machines will have to be given away or scrapped in the next
> week or two.  All of the equipment was acquired through normal business
> trade-ins over the past 51 years.  The manual, portable, electric, and
> electronic typewriters and desktop calculators range from the 1920s to the
> 1990s.  Most major brands are represented, but there are more Royal-brand
> typewriters and word processors as the business was a Royal dealer.  There
> is a late 1960s Victor early electronic desktop calculator with CRT display
> minus the outer case.
>
>
>
> The owner is very knowledgeable about the individual models and he has a
> list of the available machines with their serial numbers that he can
> discuss by phone.
>
>
>
> Todd Stockwell
>
> Curator of Agriculture, Industry & Technology
>
> Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
>
> Indianapolis, Indiana
>
>
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