Antique Typewriters: My first experience with an antique typewriter took place in the late 1970s.  While employed as a repairman for a typewriter company in New York City, I noticed an old, dusty, Oliver typewriter, sitting on a shelf, just waiting for me to claim it.  This was certainly the strangest typewriter I had ever seen and after carefully packaging the machine and carrying it on the NYC subway system, my Oliver had found a home.  I quickly discovered there wasn't much information available on the subject, not to mention finding others who were interested in these machines. A Blickensderfer soon followed and I was hooked.  A collector was born!  It's now thirty years later and the Great Typewriter Hunt continues...