Here’s a double row of newspaper pros clacking their stories backstage at the 1962 Academy Awards. Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images–as seen in AdWeek’s 3/24 issue, which noted that West Side Story won Best Picture back then. There must be two dozen machines; bet that made an awesome sound.
phillytyper 
Only one smoker by the look of it!
Well, ideally, you need two hands to type and smoke does tend to get into your eyes if you’ve got a nail dangling from your lips while you write.
Hmmm, does anyone have a typewriter with cigarette burns on it? Probably would roll off when you typed, so no chance of getting that “bluesman” thing, only instead of on a guitar headstock, it’s on a typewriter ribbon cover… still, though, hey, what about an ashtray that clips to the side of your typewriter. If only I thought of this when I was 6 years old. I’d be a thousandaire!