Comments on: Did you know that the first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer? http://www.robwilliams.org/2008/01/18/did-you-know-that-the-first-novel-ever-written-on-a-typewriter-was-tom-sawyer/ My name in Rob Williams. I’m a writer. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: homer http://www.robwilliams.org/2008/01/18/did-you-know-that-the-first-novel-ever-written-on-a-typewriter-was-tom-sawyer/comment-page-1/#comment-350 homer Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:56:28 +0000 http://www.robwilliams.org/2008/01/18/did-you-know-that-the-first-novel-ever-written-on-a-typewriter-was-tom-sawyer/#comment-350 Rob, I have a subscription to a newspaper database. I searched for "hair ribbon" in 1953 and came up with one match: "First Graders Thrill at Short Train Ride," Dallas Morning News, 7 March 1953: "Asked is she were scared, the little girl with the bright green hair ribbon, the plaid dress and the great big smile, opened her eys wide and admitted, "Well, it was my first time."... The U of Arizona LIbrary has a complete set of Sears Catalogues- let me know if you want me to check out children's fashions for the 1953 school year for you. Rob, I have a subscription to a newspaper database. I searched for “hair ribbon” in 1953 and came up with one match:

“First Graders Thrill at Short Train Ride,” Dallas Morning News, 7 March 1953: “Asked is she were scared, the little girl with the bright green hair ribbon, the plaid dress and the great big smile, opened her eys wide and admitted, “Well, it was my first time.”…

The U of Arizona LIbrary has a complete set of Sears Catalogues- let me know if you want me to check out children’s fashions for the 1953 school year for you.

]]> By: Angie http://www.robwilliams.org/2008/01/18/did-you-know-that-the-first-novel-ever-written-on-a-typewriter-was-tom-sawyer/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Angie Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:41:28 +0000 http://www.robwilliams.org/2008/01/18/did-you-know-that-the-first-novel-ever-written-on-a-typewriter-was-tom-sawyer/#comment-349 Flaubert so sounds like he has a little fetish. Congrats on getting some writing done! Flaubert so sounds like he has a little fetish.

Congrats on getting some writing done!

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