Writers Digest (unofficial)Feb 18
Through the Looking Glass, Down the Rabbit Hole, and Into the Deep End https://www.writersdigest.com/through-the-looking-glass-down-the-rabbit-hole-and-into-the-deep-end #WriteBetterNonfiction #NonfictionHistory #HistoricalBooks #WritingHistory #historybooks #History #Toys
Through the Looking Glass, Down the Rabbit Hole, and Into the Deep End

Author Michael Kimmel shares how asking a question about his family's involvement in the 20th Century toy industry led down a rabbit hole.

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Show threadOpenHistoricalMapJan 1

The map can label #toponyms in #MinorityLanguages #IndigenousLanguages #AncientLanguages, like no other world atlas you’ve ever flipped through.

#localization #internationalization #multilingualism #WritingHistory

Writers Digest (unofficial)Jun 30, 2025
Famous Writers and Their Typewriters https://www.writersdigest.com/famous-writers-and-their-typewriters #WritingHabitsandPractices #TheWriter'sLife #WritingHistory #FamousWriters #Typewriters #BeInspired
Famous Writers and Their Typewriters

Author Meg Waite Clayton shares not only the famous writers (and songwriters) who've used typewriters but also the models they used.

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Show threadJumblePublishingApr 3, 2025
Rogers also patented typewriter ribbons, letter-envelopes and manifolding paper as well as a variety of other items. #officehistory #carbonpaper #history #writinghistory
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Show threadJumblePublishingApr 2, 2025
The image is of handwriting on the back page of a sheet of carbon paper. #officehistory #carbonpaper #history #writinghistory #modernoffice
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Show threadJumblePublishingApr 1, 2025
The first carbon paper was created by soaking thin paper in ink and then drying it between blotting paper. #officehistory #carbonpaper #history #writinghistory #modernoffice
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Show threadJumblePublishingMar 31, 2025
Legal documents in England, for example, were written in what was known as "court hand" or "law hand" as per this image. #officehistory #history #writinghistory #modernoffice
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Show threadJumblePublishingMar 24, 2025
It changed the production of printed pages from around 40 when they were done by hand to around 3,600 using the press. The image is a reproduction Gutenberg press in use from the International Printing Museum. #printingpress #history #writinghistory #gutenberg
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Show threadJumblePublishingMar 19, 2025
The image is Korean movable metal type from 1377 used to print "Jikji". #history #writinghistory #movabletype
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JumblePublishingMar 18, 2025
The next development in movable type was the use of carved wooden types in 13th century China by Wang Zhen who developed a revolving typecase. This image is from his 1313 book "Nong Shu". #history #writinghistory #movabletype