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Its Not National Typewriter day

Its Not National Typewriter day. By Dennis Bardon. “June 23 was National Typewriter Day. If you’re wondering why I didn’t celebrate it, it’s because I forgot” -Type writers began to appear in the 1870’s, but in a 100 years they where gone.

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Its Not National Typewriter day

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  1. Its Not National Typewriter day By Dennis Bardon

  2. “June 23 was National Typewriter Day. If you’re wondering why I didn’t celebrate it, it’s because I forgot” -Type writers began to appear in the 1870’s, but in a 100 years they where gone. -Quickly became a part of everyday life starting to dominate over the use of the pen. -But just as fast as type writers became huge they disappeared just as quickly. - “the New York Times to complain in 1938 that the typewriter had usurped the place of “writing with one’s own hand.” Type Writer takeover

  3. Became an escape from the “drudgery” of the pen. • Also claimed to be quicker and easier to use than a pen. • Started marketing to students as a way to teach punctuation and spelling. • Opened a whole new job market for women • “According to the marketers at Remington, the “type-writer” is a particular boon to women: “No invention has opened to women so broad and easy an avenue to profitable and suitable employment as the Type-Writer.” Typewriters in everyday life.

  4. The author, Dennis Baron, wanted to show how quickly typewriters became such a huge part of life in the 1900’s and then how quickly it disappeared once the personal computers came around. • “And now the typewriter has become a quaint antique, relegated to museums and attics, replaced by the personal computer.” Authors Purpose

  5. Baron repeatedly calls typewriters “tools for copyists” Do you agree with this why or why not? • Why do you think the typewriter was so easily replaced? Questions

  6. http://illinois.edu/blog/view/25/78474 Work cited

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