OSCgal t1_j4isb1g wrote
Reply to comment by JustAPerspective in TIL that when Weird Al wrote I Want A New Duck in 1985, he went to the library and researched ducks for a week by ElderCunningham
Handwritten notes would be easiest, but portable typewriters did exist. And libraries could have typewriters available.
I am slightly too young to remember what kind of copy technology my library had in the mid-1980s, but commercial copiers were introduced in 1959, so it's entirely possible that libraries has them.
creggieb t1_j4j7fzq wrote
In the early 90s my library had coin-op photocopiers.
-tiberius t1_j4kezf4 wrote
A hand-carried typewriter is the kinda thing Al would own.
JustAPerspective t1_j4jhub0 wrote
>Handwritten notes would be easiest, but portable typewriters did exist. And libraries could have typewriters available.
Those "portable" typewriters - you might want to look up the weight & size. Then remember that "wheels on the case" wasn't a thing yet, and imagine lugging that to a public building. Also the replacement ink, erasing cartridge (if applicable) and if it's electric you're gonna need to plug it in.
Notes were easier - we were there.
>I am slightly too young to remember what kind of copy technology my library had in the mid-1980s, but commercial copiers were introduced in 1959, so it's entirely possible that libraries has them.
Largely, they did not until the 90s.
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