This isn’t the first rustic typewriter that I have seen put out for the taking. The vintage is way older than the one that I used as a teenager, but it is the same brand: Royal. I am a poorly, but efficient enough, self-taught typist—starting around age 14 (my handwriting is notoriously sloppy).
My recollection is dim about why I inherited a typewriter, which got plenty of usage. I punched out many poems and song lyrics on the thing; they were lost inside a box of memorabilia sometime in 1989. Advice: Don’t leave something precious in someone else’s garage. Your treasure could be put out as trash.
I used Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to shoot the Featured Image, on Louisiana Street near Adams Ave in my San Diego neighborhood of University Heights. Vitals: f/1.7, ISO 12, 1/200 sec, 23mm (film equivalent); 12:11 p.m. PDT, Oct. 7, 2024.