A Foreign Correspondent’s Olivetti Now in NY TIMES Museum




James P. Sterba working on his Olivetti Lettera 32 in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1971. Note the lorikeet perched atop the typewriter. Credit… Courtesy of James P. Sterba

Note: I read about this in today’s NY Times.





James P. Sterba, a former New York Times foreign correspondent, with the Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter he donated to the Museum at The Times in 2024.Credit…David W. Dunlap/The New York Times





My Lettera 32 used to type this post. There’s something wrong with the ribbon advance, which is probably why some letters appear washed out.


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