Indian man collects hundreds of typewriters
STORY: Location: Indore, India
This Indian man has collected
hundreds of typewriters
Some date back to 1890,
others are as new as 2020
Rajesh Sharma wants to promote the machine
in a time of smartphones and computers
He was inspired by his father who used to
work for lawyers using typewriters
[Rajesh Sharma, Typewriter collector]
"I opened this museum about 10 years ago. There are around 450 typewriters in the museum as of now. I started with around four to five typewriters. Apart from India, typewriters of America, England, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and China are also in my collection."
Sharma started collecting typewriters when he
realized they were disappearing from the country