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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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Photo uploads re-enabled! Fri, 23 Oct 2026
Ok, verified that PHP is properly patched and re-enabled the photo uploads. Turns out it wouldn't have made any difference anyway because the vulnerability was in a file corruption attack against the Session Globals rather than anything to do with actual file uploads. So, whew! (: Life as a website runner is certainly getting very "INTERESTING" this year, as the old Chinese curse goes.
Photo uploads disabled temporarily Thu, 22 Oct 2026
Due to a critical vulnerability discovered in PHP, the programming language used to build this site, All photo uploads have been temporarily disabled until I can properly get moved in to my house and then determine that this version has been properly patched. Great timing, right? :D
It could take a couple weeks. Be patient, please. (:
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