Tom Hanks visited Portland’s Type Space two years ago. The shop now has an autographed typewriter from the Oscar winner’s personal collection that visitors can use.
PORTLAND, Ore. — When Tom Hanks stopped by Type Space in Southeast Portland two years ago, owner Antony Valoppi figured the story ended with the Oscar winner walking out the door with a $175 Underwood Leader. But Hanks had also promised something else: He’d send Valoppi a signed typewriter from his personal collection.
More than two years later, the package finally arrived.
“That was on Monday, and it arrived on Wednesday,” Valoppi said regarding a recent conversation he
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