He's only 42, but handyman Kirk Jackson has always been an old-school guy who loves old stuff. He collects old oil lamps and old coins. He fixes and preserves old furniture and old machines. He uses ...

Who would think in an ultra-high-tech world where the latest cyber-gizmos and software gadgets are considered lifeline necessities, that typewriters could still be the means of a man's livelihood.

Many years ago — a sakh yorn tzurik, as we say in Yiddish — when I had little money and was still an unpublished writer, I moved to a street in Manhattan with many used bookstores. It was a safe ...

In 1964, Edward Skibba started Ace Machines, a typewriter / business machine shop that sells and repairs typewriters, copiers, printers and more. After 50 years in business, Ace continues to thrive in ...

Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, the last typewriter repair shop in Massachusetts, has closed its doors. Owner Tom Furrier is calling it a career after 45 years, and his end comes at a time when ...

"I'm absolutely a dinosaur," the Crown Point man said. As far as he and any of his customers know, he's the only typewriter repairman left in Northwest Indiana. The Chicago native runs Crown Point ...