PreservedUpdated 9/28/2026
Olympia Portable Typewriter, Cyrillic Script
Made by Olympia Werkec. 1958Los Angeles, California
A Cyrillic-script Olympia portable sourced from Russia — the companion script variant to the collector's Arabic Erika, also named in his NPR interview. Cold War-era script machines are artifacts of language as much as of engineering.
Provenance
c. 1958
Manufactured by Olympia Werke, Wilhelmshaven, for Cyrillic markets
attributed
2017
Named by the collector in his NPR interview
confirmed
2026
Digitally preserved in Relic
confirmed
Current Custodian
Los Angeles, California
Access Matrix
- Digital viewingpublic
- Additional photographsby request
- Remote video inspectionavailable
- Research visitowner approval
- Temporary research loancase by_case
- Museum exhibition loanavailable
- Scientific samplingnot permitted
- Commercial licensingcontact owner
Record Metadata
CategoryIndustrial Design
MaterialsSteel body, Cyrillic typebars and keybank
Dimensions33 × 31 × 13 cm
ConditionOperational
Digital Record
24 high-res images (8,192 × 6,144)
3D Mesh / Photogrammetry
Precise digital measurements
Doc. Score: 86/100Scanned 8/30/2026
Cite this object
Relic Archive. (c. 1958). Olympia Portable Typewriter, Cyrillic Script [Object record]. Relic Object RL-1958-007035.