Yep, these are 21st Century Brothers 1987 JC Penny Christmas Catalog, the very latest mention I can find of the JP-1 being sold new. The Brother JP-8 Parts and Service Manuals Detailed view of Potential Brother JP-6 Detailed View of Potential Brother JP-13
Month: October 2014
Toy Typewriters from Sears, JC Penny, Montgomery Wards, Aldens and Eatons Christmas Catalogs: 1957-1983
As I’ve been researching Brother machines in various store catalogs, I’ve run across a large number of Toy Typewriters. In fact, in some years (notably the mid-70’s) many catalogs had a page for Toy Typers but no page for real ones, which seemed odd to me. Anyway, I know there’s at least a little interest […]
Desk Cats
Ahh, desk cats, those curious felines who sit on your desk next to your typewriter and stare at you while you type, subtly shedding fur that gets into your segment and occasionally refusing to budge from your carriage return path. Most are only a minor bother, and make up for it by being cute and […]
Typewriter Database Update – “Operation Typewriter Hunt: Brother”
I’m hip-deep in the rewrite of the Brother Serial Number Page at the Typewriter Database this week, so if you have a Brother machine uploaded to the Database, please log in and check the comments on your Brother galleries. I’ve probably been badgering you about your machine. (: A Work In Progress, that page is. […]
Paymaster Series 8000 Ribbon Writer
Ok, I admit it. I finally met the Checkwriter I couldn’t resist. As a thrift-huntin’ typewriter collector, I occasionally see a Paymaster Checkwriter sitting in the same general area that typewriters are stashed. Although always intrigued and tempted by these neat very mono-purpose printing machines, I’ve always held back on buying one (and you do […]
Adventures of The Archivist, Part One.
IBM Serial Number Page Updated
The Netherlands Production section of the IBM Serial Number Page
Frickin’ Frackin’ !@#$%^&*
That touch of Silk…
While my original impression was that the two fractional characters when typed together (similar to the smiley face on GP “Sunshine Script” elements) made a logo that looked like the Union 76 oil company logo, the Professor remarked that it looks more like a logo that was commonly used during the USA Bicentennial celebrations of […]
Typewriter Rainbow
I woke up this morning to a fine, beautiful rainbow supplied by Nick B: Speaking of the Typewriter Database, I mentioned before that I had an effort going to obtain the old expired “tw-db.com” domain in order to point it to the new Database, thus re-validating hundred of hard-coded links that people have put on […]