Ramblings of some nerdy IT tinkerer dude.
After watching a CuriousMarc’s series of videos restoring a Model 19 Teletype on Youtube, I HAD to have one. As someone who has an unexplained penchant for vintage stuff, technology, and steampunk (like?) aesthetics, this not only checks the boxes, it hammers them home!
Continue reading “Grail Acquired: Teletype Model 19”As you can likely tell from various posts here, I find that rooting around in the paperwork and photograph piles at thrift shops can reveal some interesting stuff, whether it be cool postcards of the past, photographs of notable things, and so on. Often a lot of the stuff comes from cleanouts of homes of the deceased, likely resold at auctions and flea markets, which honestly surprises me sometimes, as you’d think next-of-kin would want or cherish family photographs and ephemera, especially stuff that dates back to first-generation US immigrants and beyond, or of historical value.
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