It’s on a stamp. It’s a fixture (literally) on the TV show Mad Men. IBM’s Selectric typewriter hasn’t been made for 25 years, but it seems to be getting a second wind in our culture. Today marks the ...

A few other characteristics came to mind that also help set it apart: I don't know if it was the first, or not, but something that might not be immediately obvious to some is that the Selectric had ...

The IBM Selectric typewriter, arguably Lexington's most famous product, turns 50 on Sunday. From what is now Lexmark International's headquarters along New Circle Road, thousands of IBM employees ...

The IBM Selectric, which was built in Lexington from 1961-1986. Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout ...

IBM's Selectric began its life as a typewriter, but ended it as the first computer keyboard. In the interim, the stylish device became a favored tool of great American writers and dominated the desks ...

Technologizer has a great retrospective on one of the most powerful information creation machines ever built – the IBM Selectric. The result of “seven years of research,” the Selectric typewriter ...

Andra Langston Gyor, whose father worked at IBM, started using a Selectric when she was 9. At Tates Creek High School, she was the typist for the school newspaper, the Masthead. In this photo from the ...

The Toyota Camry led the list of 1997’s most stolen cars. Four Rochester basketball players were selected to the boys Big Nine Conference all-conference team. Sam Tri, Evan Odim, and Jesse Kieffer ...

More than 25 people, many of them Stewartville volunteer firefighters, applied two coats of Sears Weatherbeater paint to the former house of Richard Sears, co-founder of Sears Roebuck & Co. The house ...

Metal plating doesn't have much strength. If a plastic ball would be flattened, as I expect, a plated plastic ball would collapse just about as fast. Plus, I think you can only plate things that ...