Since more than 5,000 years we can watch mankind writing, trying to multiply experiences. Actually we have an unique technical explosion, but we still should feel deep respect for the first steps of our ancestors. I adore Martin Howard for his energy, to collect antique typewriters!
featured: an Edelmann typewriter – 1897, Wernicke, Edelmann & Co., Germany: with permission of Martin Howard, antiquetypewriters.com
frizztext-comment: Once I had a project called “DIGITAL RESTAURANT GALLERY” – the pictures (for example a typewriter) could be seen in a restaurant – not for real but as a photoshop fake: the chance of that project: we could imagine for one moment, how the effect would be, if a restaurant would kindly join my idea to focus on special messages …
– more about my restaurant gallery via http://www.flickr.com/photos/frizztext/sets/72157608616414361/with/3117804062/
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– more about The Martin Howard Collection via www.antiquetypewriters.com or via www.flickr.com/photos/32435222@N03/
related:
1 – 1889 Victory
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/history-of-writing/
2 – 1881 Hammond 1
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/antique-typewriter-1881/
3 – 1905 Mignon 2
https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/mignon-2-typewriter-1905/
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Martin Howard sent one of his articles as a PDF-file to me:
https://flickrcomments.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/collecting_the_worlds_first_typewriters.pdf
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Flickr Comments 
Great idea
Well done
Could i order one big coffee ?
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Love those old typewriters. 😉
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It’s a really neat place.
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I have enjoyed reading your site so I’ve nominated you for the Illuminating Blogger Award for illuminating, informative blog content. You can check out the details at my site … http://foodstoriesblog.com/illuminating-blogger-award/ … Have a great holiday weekend!
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My fingertips are tingling as I imagine myself typing on this Edelman typewriter from the late 19th Century!
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cool restaurant!
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A very impressive space!
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I agree that we must feel deep respect for the first steps of ancient ancestors. I wonder what they would think about this technical explosion today.
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We also liked the black and white photo of the ocean liner. Which ship was it? You might enjoy reading our blog about the fastest of them all — the Normandie. http://parisianfields.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/renault-assembly-line-worker-designs-worlds-fastest-ocean-liner/
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the ship on my frontpage, background of selfportrait:
http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/archives/by_date/2012-01-25/5440/life-andreas-feininger-ss-united-states
the SS United States 1952
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Truly Collectibles my friend , Thanks for sharing 🙂
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