1946 olympia manual typwriter

I picked up the date from the Roanoke Times story I cited. Perhaps they got it wrong in their reporting. Thanks for the note. Danielle Steel has given dozens of interviews and even on her own blog mentioning her precious Olympia SG1 as a model. Someone must have told her that date when she purchased it perhaps because it was the year she waws born she kept repeating that story. Hey, she knocked out 92 books on it, so more power to her. You are commenting using your WordPress.

You are commenting using your Google account. During this changeover period, the Model 7 and Model 8 typewriters were marketed under both the Olympia and AEG names. The company also broke new ground with the release of a one-handed version of the Model 8 typewriter for disabled users. Olympia, however, was soon to find itself tested as World War Two broke out in Europe.

Although the Olympia factory survived the capture of Berlin by Allied forces, following the Soviet takeover when the new East German government took control and renamed the company Optima, a number of employees fled to West Germany and in re-established the company in Wilhelmshaven. Under parent company AEG European General Electric , Olympia started to produce some of the most technologically advanced typewriters of their time.

In the 's Olympia secured itself in the public eye as a major player in the typewriter industry. They produced models such as the 8 series and the Progress. The company flourished until WWII when most of the production facilities and workers where lost during the war. After the war, facing Soviet oppression, several workers fled to West Germany and re-started the company this time as Olympia Werke. They were regarded by many as some of the best manual typewriters ever produced. The Olympia typewriters are solid, well-constructed machines perfect for the typewriter enthusiast who not only wants to own an aesthetically pleasing object, but who could put it through the rigors of use.

These machines feature spring loaded keys, key set tabulators, correcting space bars and right hand margins. Rem-Blick S. Wizard Truetype See also Brother. Woodstock no. Here are some typewriter user's manuals , service manuals , and typing instruction manuals. Thanks to all who have contributed! If you have a manual you'd like to add to this page, please contact me. User's manuals.