History | Updated: February 25, 2025 | Originally Published: May 3, 2013 The invention’s true origin story has long been the subject of debate. Some argue it was created to prevent typewriter jams, ...

Long ago, before the advent of cell phones and texting, typing was done with all 10 fingers — not just two thumbs. Those were the days of clackety machines of communication called typewriters. Those ...

It's rare these days to see anyone pounding away on an old manual Royal or Smith-Corona. But one element of those machines lives on, and is used constantly in daily life. Just as Milwaukee is the ...

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — To Ed Skibba, 83, nothing sounds sweeter than hammering out a rhythm on a well-tuned QWERTY keyboard. For the 50 years since he opened Ace Business Machines Inc. in this Milwaukee ...

One new idea for every day in 2011. We’re talking big, small, local, international, in action, and on the drawing board. Here’s today’s — what’s yours? 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter. The painter, ...