One of his first successes: IBM's Model B electric typewriter (a precursor to the Selectric).

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His new purchase: an approximately 25-year old electric typewriter.

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On our desks, we had the essential supplies of the time: a bag of cookies, a pile of letters, an electric typewriter, a bottle of Liquid Paper and a roll of toilet paper.

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Back then, it was the telephone, high-speed rotary presses, stereotyping, typesetting machines, color presses, rotogravure and the electric-telegraphic typewriter.

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He used a manual typewriter because he felt he could work faster with that than with the electric version.

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