Kenner, Randy,

Requiem for a Relic. Randy Kenner. - Knoxville News-Sentinel, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 71, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Requiem for a Relic, Jan. 26, 2004; pp. A1.

"[Harry] Elliott, 80, is the owner of Cherokee Typewriter Co., which sells and services new and reconditioned typewriters and adding machines, restores antique typewriters, and services typewriters for several local companies. It might be the last full-service business devoted solely to typewriters in the city [Knoxville] and maybe in all of East Tennessee and it may not be here much longer." (KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL) This article discusses the business of typewriter repair, a dying service that has been done in by the advent of the computer.

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Antiques
Repairing trades
Typewriters

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