A candy apple red Olivetti manual typewriter, circa 1960s — its keys white like the stripe splashed across the Corvette convertible of the same shade and era — draws you into Kensington Office ...

I bought a vintage typewriter. It’s a beauty, a 1938 Underwood that would look splendid sitting on a desk in an office or a study. But if I ever want to actually use it, to type a letter or write a ...