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hancock4
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Color two page ad by IBM describing the various
quality control efforts they make for their typewriters.
Picture of the new 1959 model, which lasted in service
for many years.

https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1959-12/page/n2 1/mode/2up

Earlier IBM model featuring proportional type
https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1958-04/page/n5 3/mode/2up

Of course, if you don't like typewriters, there is always this:
https://archive.org/details/the-saturday-evening-post-1953-1 0-24/page/n157/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/the-saturday-evening-post-1954-0 4-17/page/n115/mode/1up

(Ticonderoga makes good pencils.)

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