CHICAGO (CBS)-- He came to America and made a living doing something that was essential for most businesses at the time. But eventually, things changed. Now, he's one of the last of the typewriter ...

In 1964, Edward Skibba started Ace Machines, a typewriter / business machine shop that sells and repairs typewriters, copiers, printers and more. After 50 years in business, Ace continues to thrive in ...

In a throw-away society, how do you avoid becoming obsolete? Ask Woodland Hills typewriter repairman John Wargnier. For more than two decades he has reinvented himself each time the latest new thing ...

Charlie May, 76, left, and Vern Trampe, 81, have a look at an IBM Selectric in the workshop of Jones Typewriter in Maplewood on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. It will be one of their final repairs, as ...

For most of us, the clickety-clack of a manual typewriter — or the gentler tapping of the IBM Selectric — are but memories, or something seen only in movies. But at the few remaining typewriter repair ...

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CROWN POINT — Time seems to stand still inside the Old Lake County Courthouse clock shop that bears the name of its owner. Owner Heidi Laninga patiently and painstakingly works to repair a broken ...

When he goes to work for the last time next week, many of Dennis Nachtweih’s old friends will be there — the Royals, the Underwoods, the Remingtons. The antique typewriters decorate the walls at ...

"I'm absolutely a dinosaur," the Crown Point man said. As far as he and any of his customers know, he's the only typewriter repairman left in Northwest Indiana. The Chicago native runs Crown Point ...

Store owner Matt Snyder works on a manual typewriter at New England Typewriter in Merrimack on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Snyder opened it to sell and service devices that are decades old. An old ...