I bought this letter on eBay recently. It suggests some curious things about K&D's early history. Have a look at what I've discovered so far. Any information that sheds more light on this period of the company's history would be greatly appreciated. |
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Adam
7/1/2017 03:36:55 pm
Great site! To answer your question, yes...many typewriters did not have a "1" key as a lower case L would give you the same character. Why they used an upper case i is perplexing. The typist may have been familiar with another model that had a straight upper case I. Nothing was standard then.
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Tom
7/2/2017 04:58:03 am
Adam, thanks for the helpful comment.
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Mike
1/5/2020 01:53:21 pm
Tom, Thank you for all of your hard work. I am trying to take your spreadsheets to the next level by comparing posted brochures vs actual kits. In the process, I respectfully think you may have made a mistake in reference to 18R and "misprint" about punch 87. I have checked a few times and I keep coming up with 99 punches. I am wondering if actually the compliment (57) was inadvertently omitted from brochure making the total 100? What do you think?
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Tom
1/5/2020 07:51:42 pm
Mike, I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say that you keep coming up with 99 stakes. The oldest 18R spreadsheet totals to 100 if the #87 punch is omitted and the ad copy of the time specifies 100 stakes. Note that none of the subsequent 18R stake lists contain either the #87 or the #57.
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mike
1/6/2020 10:56:13 am
17- 1,7,8,9,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,25,26,26B,26C,27,28,
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Luis P.
9/20/2021 06:55:16 am
Hi Tom,
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