User:Hexatekin/sandbox/TypOsphere
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Established | 2021 |
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Location | 2308 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118 |
Type | Art museum |
Founder | Louise Marler |
The TypOsphere StL is a hybrid typewriter museum, manual typewriter repair shop, and art gallery on Cherokee Street, known as “Antique row” in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
The Typ0sphere has loaned type writers out to contemporary art museums including the Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum.[2]
History
[edit]In 1927 Lawrence Marler Sr. joined the United States Army “to learn a trade", and ended up picking up typewriter repair.
After his service, he worked for Royal Typewriter Company, he returned to St. Louis where he and his wife, Estella started a shop on Lawler St. in Normandy, a then suburb of St. Louis
References
[edit]- ^ "LA Marler Gallery Opens with 'TypOsphere StL'". Calle Cherokee Street. October 4, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Wight, Ted (November 16, 2021). ""TypOsphere StL" A Pop-Up Typewriter Antiques And Contemporary Art Gallery On Cherokee Street". Saint Louis Style.