Two years ago, actor Tom Hanks visited a typewriter shop in Oregon and promised to send the owner a signed typewriter from his own collection. Now, Hanks finally delivered.

Antony Vallopi opened the typewriter shop four years ago and saw success right away. Advertisement

"Two weeks after I opened, Willamette Week put us in their top 100 best businesses of Portland issue," Antony Vallopi, the owner of Type Space, told KGW.

On the shelf are about 25 or so typewriters to buy, with another 150 being refurbished or fixed, with every piece having written a story.

"It makes my writing more intentional because I don't have cut and paste, delete. I really have to think about what I'm putting down," Vallopi said.

Vallopi's shop attracts all sorts of customers—from collectors, first-time users,

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