Well, maybe not. Don't mind me, I'm just trying to identify the typewriter that was the model for this drawing. I'm thinking a round-top Royal QDL, myself...
Asbestos! Use it on your desk! On your clothes! Near food!
(from the Modern Mechanix blog)
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looks like the older round-keyed QDL, from the shape of the carriage return lever.
Mmmm ... spray the whole room with DDT while you're at it.
I agree. Early QDL, and 100 series bakelite telephone. Although, I have no idea why the phone needed a shingle, as it got neither particularly warm, or noisy - as the ringer was an external unit.
And paint the walls with that vibrant lead-based paint! The Romans did it, and look at their achievements so many centuries ago!
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