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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

finds in an old book

I got a request for a scan from a book that had been in the case of a Royalite back in 2011, and by some miracle I was able to put my hand to it!  Rather than email the requester only, I thought I'd post it here along with a page that impressed me even more.


Isn't that a wonderful regrets note?  The only way to improve upon it would be to type it in Vogue or Art Gothic.

8 comments:

  1. Imagine the invitations and responses via texting....

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  2. Agreed Bill, I was just thinking that. These days it'd more likely be a text along the lines of: "thanx but no, soz, fully booked".

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  3. And the original would be something like "u want come 4 diner @ my house fri?" Eek!

    Love this post!

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  4. The mind reels!! Great post - thanks for sharing!

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  5. "The gods see fit to offer us"? I love it! I wonder, did anyone ever actually type these words??

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    1. Haha! Don't forget, "and lament" that the gods see fit for us.

      Interesting piece of ephemera.

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  6. What a fantastic example of typewritten social etiquette!

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  7. Thank you SO much! I have a Deluxe Remette, from the first month of production. I bought a copy of a touch-typing book (published by Remington) but it turns out to have been post-war...oops. Thanks again!
    http://royaltypewriters.blogspot.com/2013/06/remington-deluxe-remette-and-remington.html

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