It’s hard to believe that in some of our lifetimes a typewriter was considered a great college study aid. It’s to tiny it can fit easily on the lap of that girl in that little tiny skirt!
1970s Smith-Corona Typewriters
Truth be told though, I recall with great clarify getting a typewriter as a child. I was determined to retype the entire encyclopedia. To this day I know far too much about Aardvarks, Aardwolves and Acacia. That was 1970-something and when electrics came around it quite an improvement even for us young “studyboppers” as the ad so eloquently calls them.
Golden Oldie Ads 
Oh gosh…. “Office Machines 101” ! I had to learn to type on a manual typewriter! I rec’d. a used manual typewriter for high school graduation to take to college. Everyone took a typewriter to college. Can you imagine?? I also took mini skirts to college. I did better with the mini skirts than with my classses! Ha! But learning to type one was one of the most important skills I learned in life!
P.S. I also remember using an ‘SCM’ Rotary Calculator… Now I don’t even know what that was!
I remember when an IBM Selectric was cutting edge technology. You could correct using backspace instead of liquid paper. It was amazing! ; )
Yeah, when I got my first electric with a correction ribbon I remember being ludicrously thrilled. Now… well, times have changed. 🙂