Vertical Display: Typewriter Art
Art Department at Parkway Central Library
As any library visitor here in Art & Literature knows, the Literature Department shares a room with the Art Department and partners with Philly Typewriter to make two machines freely available for anyone to use: a 1940s Royal typewriter, and a librarian curated rotating selection of models used by well loved writers.
Anonymous artists left great typwriter art behind, which inspired Andrea Lemoins, literature librarian and resident typewriter expert, to put together this display on typewriter art, also featuring some cool examples that she made.
Stop by and contribute to this display! We are collecting submissions of typewriter art made here right at reference desk!
Part of an ongoing series highlighting work by artists who make use of our space as a free artist studio and library resources for inspiration.
Art Department
Room 208
215-686-5403
Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
1-833-TALK FLP (825-5357)