As a child, I often woke to the sound of my mother typing. I’d hear a spatter of sound, a pause, a tentative tap or two, some silence, then more taps. With the staccato music of the typewriter coming ...

SNOHOMISH — There are several reasons Justin Lamb, 30, prefers a typewriter over a computer. There’s the nostalgia factor and how the machine has been used for decades by famous writers. The Snohomish ...

Aside from nostalgia, or maybe loaning it out to filmmakers as a prop for period pieces, there are not many practical uses for a 90-year-old Remington portable typewriter anymore. Against all odds, ...

Among the old-timey sounds you’ll hear at the Los Angeles County Fair: the shrieks of people on thrill rides, calliope-style carnival music, the cluck-cluck of hens. Add an unexpected one: the ...