In connection with an old thread from late April, which had drifted away from the subject line,
my brother recently found a 30-second (silent) movie clip showing my father typing
(and hugging his trophy).  I had said we had good home movies; they are a bit like this,
but with sound.

<http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675058989_Albert-Tangora_typing-competition_winning-trophy_girls-at-typewriters>http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675058989_Albert-Tangora_typing-competition_winning-trophy_girls-at-typewriters

Regarding the subtext of sexism in the title & in the clip, 
when my father was beaten by an electric typewriter in 1941, 
the operator was a woman.

At 11:01 AM 4/27/2010, Becker, Dan wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin C. Tangora
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:32 AM
>
>> My father, Albert Tangora (1903-1978),
>> was the fastest typist, or one of the two fastest,
>> of the era before electric typewriters (1941).
>>  ( ... )
>
>This is very cool. I am fascinated by it.
> ( ... )

Martin C. Tangora
University of Illinois at Chicago
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