1961 Olivetti Lettera 22 #1068130
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Julian Zadorozny (Kuliano1977)
Created: 06-12-2025 at 07:27PM
Last Edit: 06-13-2025 at 07:00PM
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Description:
A 1961 Underwood Olivetti Lettera 22 was gifted to me over a year ago. I own a coffee shop in Toronto. My community has learned about my love affair with collecting typewriters. A neighbour and customer of ours remembered the university typewriter he used to write out all of his papers. A dusty Lettera 22 was propped onto my table top. We negotiated a price in lattes.
I used this typewriter only once, and the feel of it seems marvelous. This machine has not been serviced. I took out the spools to swap into my brother's 1956 Olivetti Lettera 32. I have sold this typewriter to shave down the collection. If another Lettera 22 comes my way, at any age, maybe I’ll give it a chance. I never really gave this typewriter a chance.
I love the worn wear of this typewriter with the stuck tape around the frame. There is a small gram of sadness to lose a typewriter with such character.
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Hunter: Julian Zadorozny (Kuliano1977)
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I purchased my first typewriter in 2000: Brother Pro-Line 707 built in 1969.
I wrote eight hours a day, seven days a week on that tiny machine. I wrote my first unpublished novel and hundreds of short stories on the Brother.
In 2020 I decided to purchase my second typewriter. At ten and counting, I still use and collect these amazing tools for writing.
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