by Richard Polt | Oct 11, 2015 | hipsters, Portland
Here’s a blazing logo for yesterday’s Typewriter Jam in Portland, Oregon, sponsored by the Independent Publishing Resource Center (a haven for zines and more) and featuring Janine Vangool with her gorgeous new collection of typewriter ephemera over...
by Richard Polt | Aug 14, 2015 | poetry, Portland, street typing
Mississippi Ave., Portland Jeremy types quickly in response to the prompt “clown” … … then reads the results to the young patron: Of course, I had to request a poem myself: Thanks, Jeremy! typewritertroubadour.com This is the last of my reports...
by Richard Polt | Aug 11, 2015 | Portland, typewriter shops
Today it was time to visit Pacific Typewriter, in southwest Portland. When I got there I instantly recognized the odd, tucked-away building from my virtual tour of U.S. typewriter shops. Oh no! I was expecting something bad. Maybe the owner was now working out of his...
by Richard Polt | Aug 9, 2015 | Facit, Oliver, Portland, typewriter shops
Eugene checks out the Junior: Robert Messenger is informing Oregonians about Facits: The Oliver (both it and the Facit are for sale): Bill Morrison Business Machines 12227 SE Stark Portland, OR 97266 503-255-1617
by Richard Polt | Aug 8, 2015 | Portland
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by Richard Polt | Aug 7, 2015 | Portland, typewriter shops
Joining us at Ace was Portland resident and regular client Ethan Jewett: Ethan, Matt, and Lewis check out my Junior 58: An early Underwood 3-bank getting the Ace treatment: Some 19th-century machines inhabit a top shelf: My Junior enjoys the ambience of 1962, complete...
