MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Friday, June 21, kicked off the 2nd annual 3-day celebration of QWERTYFEST MKE. It celebrates the invention of the typewriter. If you're confused with the name, it's the letters ...

Happy National Typewriter Day! This article ran in 2023. QWERTYFEST MKE celebrates the invention of the typewriter in Milwaukee 151 years ago and OnMilwaukee is the media sponsor. Commercial ...

We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at dchval@juno.com or call Kimberly Lusk at (509) 459-5457. Long before the advent of word processors and personal computers, the ...

In this day of hand-held computers, children who tour Montour County museums do not recognize those machines that are on the shelves of both the Mooresburg One-Room Schoolhouse and the Montgomery ...

In A Modern Invention for a 100-Year-Old Typewriter, old-school charm meets modern creativity. I take a century-old ...

STEPHENTOWN, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Typewriters were doomed by the invention of computers, but enthusiasts are keeping the nostalgic practice alive. One of them, who lives in Stephentown, is corresponding ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS58) -- This weekend you can celebrate all things typewriter at the first-ever QWERTYFEST MKE. "We built Milwaukee on beer and typewriters," reads the logo of the first-ever QWERTYFEST ...

When the first commercial typewriters were introduced in 1874, offices were men’s domain. But soon the majority of clerical workers were women, and that remains true today. In 1870, pre-typewriter, ...

What do a musical typewriter, a pill crusher, and a record-playing car have in common? They were all gadgets pitched by hopeful inventors.In 1982, a reporter explored the floor of an invention trade ...

In a world dominated by digital technology, a growing number of people are embracing a decidedly analog device: the typewriter. John Yang reports. PBS News Hour is available to stream on pbs.org and ...