Typewriters at the SFO Museum

I was contacted by the SFO Museum because they wanted to add some color to the mid-century section of their upcoming typewriter display (May 2017 to January 2018 in Terminal 2, if you're curious). They chose these four, along with two change-a-type kits.

At the end of last month, Daniel and Alisa made the drive from San Francisco to pick them up. We'd discussed by email the possibility of including my Moskva 4 in the international display as well, but space constraints prevented it.

But, after showing it to them, we decided I'd loan it to them and they'd try to fit it in anyway! Fingers crossed the space can be found for it! Many years ago (way before I started this blog) I'd had the idea to set up a typewriter display in my local library, but it never materialized. So I'm glad to finally be able to do something like this.

Moscow 4 / Москва 4

1956  |  Moskva 4  |  11838

I recently got some old film for my Polaroid Spectra camera and took this picture of my Moskva among some of my Eastern European road maps. The first image is a scan made while it was developing.

I am selling the 1970s Moskva 8M that I brought back with me from Tbilisi back in 2013. It's not a really high-value typewriter, but to the right person it'd be nice to have. It's well-used and a little beaten up but a sturdy machine and works fine. The case is included. Check out its gallery on the database for more photos. If you're interested, send me an email. schreibstang at gmail dot com.

Sent from my new Moskva 4 and my Mercedes Superba