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A desk with a cat is always well-appointed.

(via Tiny Mailbox from Hemingway lifestyle)

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Faber Castell Pitt Drawing Chalks on Flickr.

Box of vintage A.W. Faber Castell black drawing chalks “Pitt” in round medium.

(on loan from the Ben Jones collection)

The embarrassing truth of my notebook obsessions. These are all the blank notebooks currently in my possession. Clearly, I practice what I preach.

(by me)

Typewriter du jour, the Royal Sprite 4, soon to be available for sale to members of the Letter Writers Alliance.

(by donovanbeeson)

A collection of pencils acquired over a summer holiday 2010.

(via Pencil Points)

Photo of an office from the 30s or 40s.

(via The Office Museum)

Beautiful vintage Olympia typewriter.

(by Sebastian Kuntz at i am sebastian)

A peek into artist and fellow vintage office supply collector, Lisa Congdon’s studio. Click through to see more photos and all her wonderful treasures.

(via The Limner)

I thought I’d share some photos of my latest typewriter acquisition. It is an Adler Tippa which was made in West Germany. What little research I could find on the internet revealed little about when the typewriter was produced. As West Germany was reunified with East Germany in 1990 and the notes about the ribbon in the back (see below) start in the 80s, so I at least know the end date. Best guess is that its from the 60s.

According to the very helpful staff at Office Machine Mart (a shop that has been repairing and selling office equipment in Kansas City for over 70 years), I was informed that a card of some sort was often included with a typewriter to help protect the typebars in transport. I am thrilled that the typewriter has kept this amber plastic piece all these years.

Its industrial, Cold War beige is charming and totally utilitarian. But it hides a romantic soul.

Under that staid exterior beats a heart that wants to write poetry and love letters in its soft cursive script.

Inside the back cover of the manual were notes from the previous owner about when the ribbon had been changed. I too need to add a note as the fine fellows at Office Machine Mart provided me with a new ribbon last week.

I found this wonderful little book while thrifting a couple of weeks ago and have wanted to share it with everyone.

What really got me was the quote at the beginning of the book (which was written in 1927!):

Now that the visits of a generation ago which lasted the better part of an afternoon are superseded by a moment’s stop in a motor and the dropping of cards…

Even in 1927, there seemed to be concerns that society was moving too quickly to bother with the niceties of letter-writing. Crazy, huh?

(via me)