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Typewriter of the moment: Helen Keller (again)

February 21, 2011 7:25 pm

Helen Keller at her typewriter, circa 1946 – Perkins School for the Blind

Helen Keller at her typewriter, circa 1946. Perkins School for the Blind caption: In 1902, Helen Keller became the first person who was deafblind to write a book. Her autobiography, The Story of My Life, was the first of 14 books she wrote in her lifetime.

Earlier at Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub:  “Typewriter of the Moment:  Helen Keller”

Posted by Ed Darrell

Categories: History, Technology, Typewriters, Writing

Tags: Helen Keller, History, Technology, typewriter, Writers

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5 Responses to “Typewriter of the moment: Helen Keller (again)”

1. […] Another Helen Keller typewriter […]

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   By Remember Helen Keller on her birthday, June 27 | Millard Fillmore's Bathtub on June 27, 2017 at 2:43 am

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   By Remember Helen Keller on her birthday 2014 | Millard Fillmore's Bathtub on June 27, 2014 at 9:34 am

4. I agree — the typewriter looks more 1920s than 1940s — but that’s the year given by the school.  I couldn’t find another copy of the photo on Tineye to compare.

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   By Ed Darrell on February 22, 2011 at 11:52 am

5. It looks more 1926, or 1916, than 1946

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   By Colm McGinn on February 21, 2011 at 8:30 pm

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