“It’s a Urania Klein,” my friend said, as he lifted the shapely antique typewriter from his car trunk. “German-made portable. Nazi-era. Built in 1939.” It was a stunning machine—he ...

A historian went down an 18-year rabbit hole in search of obsolete machines. But there was one he thought he’d never find.

I want machines to be out there, working. I want people using them.” Cambridge Typewriter owner Tom Furrier at work on a typewriter in 2021. – David L Ryan/Globe Staff, File ...

He corresponded with some of the subjects of “California Typewriter,” including Tom Hanks. In October, Hanks, with his typewriter, responded to a letter Nickila had typed him.

It will feature vintage typewriter displays, including rare machines and artifacts from the late 19th century, as well as more colorful mid-century typewriters.

Tom Hanks, world's most famous typewriter fan, gives vintage machine to Lacey man Four-minute read Jerry Carino Asbury Park Press 0:00 ...