Cambridge Typewriter Co. owner Tom Furrier demonstrates the use of an antique "blind" typewriter, on which the user cannot see what they are typing until they check the page, that he fixed for a ...

By Annette Hinkle Most of us have noticed this since the dawn of the 21st century, but there’s a trend in technological ...

Tom Furrier greeted a customer walking through the door of Cambridge Typewriter, a tiny shop crammed wall to wall with old typewriters. The customer, Ron Lewis, had brought in a small portable ...

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks uses one of the more than 300 typewriters he owns every day. He has written a series of short stories about typewriters. He has appeared in a documentary about ...

After 45 years fixing, selling, and tinkering with typewriters, Tom Furrier will retire and close the iconic Cambridge Typewriter Co. in Arlington after waiting a year for a potential buyer to ...

In the age of laptop computers, thumbing, text messages and AI chat bots, manual typewriters may seem antique. But for some of us, typewriters are as classic as B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme ...

I am hoping that Governor Maura Healey will consider making Monday, March 31, Tom Furrier Day in honor of the owner of the Boston area’s last remaining typewriter repair shop, who is retiring on ...

Inside the small Cambridge Typewriter Co. storefront in Arlington, there is barely space to move around. Nearly every surface — the floor, shelves, desks and windowsills — is covered with ...