Mid-Century Portable Typewriter Reference Guide Cover and Introduction

This is a current project of mine. Each blog post will be a print-friendly JPEG--my goal is to create a free, easy to distribute reference guide to mid-century portable typewriters. I recommend putting it into a three-ring binder, so it can be expanded easily.

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