Working Vintage Typewriters
Since 2021, DTW has proudly sold and carefully shipped working portable typewriters made between 1950 and 1980, the mid-century sweet spot of form and function. Each one is named after its previous owner, and comes with its unique personal backstory. They’re all beautiful, manual mechanical wonders that type with a satisfying click-clack, and provide a rare screen-less, disctraction-free way to write. SHOP NOW
Events: Book a Typewriter Barista
Let DTW provide a full-service. walk-up typewriter bar complete with on-demand typist for your wedding, party, corporate event or other special gathering. Guests can dictate guest book entries, cards, frameable art, or any other short text to be typed up on the spot by DTW. Your choice of vintage typewriter, stationery, and ribbon color, plus various typefaces (standard, cursive, etc). LEARN MORE
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Click a typewriter below to get details and reach out to purchase it. If you don’t see one you’d like, contact DTW to curate one for you.
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![1960 Olympia typewriter]()
1960 Olympia Splendid 33
$240
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![1975 Hermes 3000]()
1975 Hermes 3000
$400
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![1968 Sears Courier (Olivetti Lettera 22)]()
1968 Sears Courier (Olivetti Lettera 22)
$245
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![1962 Royal Futura 800]()
1962 Royal Futura 800
$195
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![Nick: 1970 Olivetti Valentine Typewriter]()
Nick: 1970 Olivetti Valentine
a sweetheart classic
About DTW
A writer first, I turned my love of using typewriters — because they’re distraction-free, beautiful, and satisfying — into your source for working, portable manual machines made between about 1950 and 1980.
