Ray Bradbury’s Royal Typewriter – Writing Fahrenheit 451
Dublin Core
Title
Ray Bradbury’s Royal Typewriter – Writing Fahrenheit 451
Subject
Writing technology, Typewriters, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Description
This is the 1947 Royal KMM typewriter used by Ray Bradbury in the basement of UCLA’s Powell Library to draft Fahrenheit 451. The machine was coin-operated and charged ten cents per half hour. Bradbury wrote the novel in just over a week, inserting dime after dime into the machine. This image illustrates how analog technology helped produce one of the most iconic warnings about digital conformity.
Creator
Royal Typewriter Company
Source
https://americanwritersmuseum.org/typewriter-tuesday-ray-bradbury
Publisher
American Writers Museum
Date
1947
Rights
Used for educational purposes under fair use.
Format
JPEG
Language
en
Identifier
bradbury-typewriter-photo
Coverage
United States, 1950s
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo of a Royal KMM coin-operated typewriter
Citation
Royal Typewriter Company, “Ray Bradbury’s Royal Typewriter – Writing Fahrenheit 451,” Omeka, accessed June 5, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/254.