Working Vintage Typewriters
Since 2021, we’ve proudly sold and carefully shipped working portable typewriters made between 1950 and 1980, the mid-century sweet spot of form and function. Each one is named after its previous owner, and comes with its unique personal backstory. They’re all beautiful, manual mechanical wonders that type with a satisfying click-clack, and provide a rare screen-less, disctraction-free way to write. SHOP NOW
Events: Book a Typewriter Barista
Let us provide a full-service. walk-up typewriter bar complete with on-demand typist for your wedding, party, corporate event or other special gathering. Guests can dictate guest book entries, cards, frameable art, or any other short text to be typed up on the spot by DTW. Your choice of vintage typewriter, stationery, and ribbon color, plus various typefaces (standard, cursive, etc). LEARN MORE
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Click a typewriter below to buy it on Etsy. Contact us here to inquire about local price discounts in the Detroit area.
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![1935 Smith Corona Silent typewriter]()
Eleanor: 1935 Smith Corona
Burgundy & beautiful
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![Trevor: 1978 Royal 200]()
Trevor: 1978 Royal 200
Small & simple
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![Adele: 1968 Sears Constellation Typewriter]()
Adele: 1968 Sears Constellation
Solid & sasifying
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![Gabriel: 1959 Cole Steel Typewriter]()
Gabriel: 1959 Cole Steel
Ultraportable
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![Nick: 1970 Olivetti Valentine Typewriter]()
Nick: 1970 Olivetti Valentine
a sweetheart classic
About DTW
We’re writers first, and we turned our love of using typewriters — because they’re distraction-free, beautiful, and satisfying — into your source for working, portable manual machines made between about 1950 and 1980.
