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The "Typewriter Database" is the biggest source of typewriter serial numbers on the Internet today. As far as we know, it's even the most complete collection of serial numbers ever. But when you see the number of given brand names, it's still only a beginning.
This Database is also a collection of typewriter photo galleries from the collections of enthusiasts all over the world. These galleries are linked to manufacturers and not only serve as a valuable additional resource for research about various machines, but also are fun to page through and see what collectors have in their typewriter collection.
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TWDB Outage today Thu, 13 Aug 2026
Yep, it went down for about 8 hours thanks to a big storm that knocked out primary and backup power to the datacenter *and* knocked out 3 of the 4 chillers keeping the datacenter cool. Took them most of the day to bring the chillers back up and get the traffic flowing - fortunately the server itself was unaffected and sat in the datacenter waiting for traffic that never came. First time in 25 years I've seen a whole data center go down. Makes ya think, dont'it?
The TWDB Nomad Project Wed, 03 Jun 2026
I have embarked on The TWDB Nomad Project on the Reticulum Network, a new way to help spread the Joy of Typewriter Hunting to new, diverse, resilient and free networks, communities and media! Would you like to learn more?
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T. Munk
Archivist, The Typewriter Database
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