For most of us, the clickety clack of a manual typewriter – or the gentler tapping of the IBM Selectric – are but memories, if we’ve heard them at all. But at the few remaining typewriter repair shops ...

Tom Hanks, the two-time Academy Award-winning actor and cultural icon, recently gifted an autographed 1950s manual typewriter to Philly Typewriter, a preservation and restoration shop in East Passyunk ...

In 1964, Edward Skibba started Ace Machines, a typewriter / business machine shop that sells and repairs typewriters, copiers, printers and more. After 50 years in business, Ace continues to thrive in ...

Who would think in an ultra-high-tech world where the latest cyber-gizmos and software gadgets are considered lifeline necessities, that typewriters could still be the means of a man's livelihood.

DUQUESNE, Mo. -- Forget about motherboards and mice: Bill Lyscio finds solace in the clack of a typewriter key. With powerful computers and laser printers seemingly in everyone's home, Lyscio has a ...