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Portable typewriters reshape home and school use
Sylvia Porter notes rapid growth in portable typewriter sales and usage from postwar levels to a projected 1.5 million units this year, with home adoption rising as schools push typing for homework. Earl H. Tiffany Jr. of Litton’s Royal Typewriter predicts continued expansion into households and international markets through the 1960s and into the 1970s.
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Cris Collins
Sumner Collins
Earl H. Tiffany Jr
Litton Industries
Royal Typewriter Division
U.S
Tiffany