After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a ...

It seems like two things are increasing with every year: laptop prices, and tablet functionality. With these two things in mind, it should be no surprise that many people, particularly students, are ...

I was born on the cusp of the transition from typewriter to computer. Some of my older friends would take typing classes during the summer break. Some of them even considered it a career option. Many ...

A typewriter that paints? Artist Tyree Callahan modified this 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter to do just that, replacing each key with a different hue that can paint on paper. A chromatic ...

Tom Furrier, owner of Cambridge Typewriter. Photography by Nathan Bajar Tom Furrier still remembers his first day at the Cambridge Typewriter Company. He was 25 years old and his friend’s dad had ...

Last April, in front of a small storefront in Arlington, it became a common sight to see young people sitting on a bench, portable typewriters upon their knees. The old 20th-century sound of a ...

Tom Furrier greeted a customer walking through the door of Cambridge Typewriter, a tiny shop crammed wall to wall with old typewriters. The customer, Ron Lewis, had brought in a small portable ...