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Posted on 8 March 202023 April 2020 by Keith Tam

Olympia daisywheel typewriter

Olumpia typewriter

The Olympia typewriter I had when I was 10 or 11

Typewriter – Olympia AG, Carrera, Daisy Wheel, Portable Computer System, circa 1989
Photographer: David Thompson
Source: Museums Victoria
Copyright Museums Victoria / CC BY (Licensed as Attribution 4.0 International)

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