Indy Type Shop | Vintage Typewriters, Books & Events in Indianapolis

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Indy Type Shop is Indianapolis’s home for working vintage typewriters, used and rare books, and paper ephemera — right in Garfield Park, with poetry nights, type-ins, and workshops on the regular.

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Illustration of a vintage manual typewriter

est. Garfield Park, Indianapolis

Serviced · Tested · Guaranteed to go clack

Featured Typewriters

Every machine is one of one — cleaned, adjusted, and test-typed before it hits the shelf. Buy online for pickup or US shipping, or come test-drive them in person.

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Molly, the purple Remington Portable 2.

2002 · Serviced

Browse the Whole Shop

Shelves worth the trip

Books & Ephemera

Used and rare books, zines, and paper oddities — curated in person, sold in person. The shelves aren’t digitized (yet), so come browse.

Plan a Visit

Part shop, part stage

Events at the Shop

Poetry nights, type-ins, and workshops — most are free, all are all-ages. Pull up a chair.

Haiku Club

Every last Sunday · 3pm

Seventeen syllables, endless company. Bring a haiku or three to share — or just come listen and count along on your fingers.

Escapement: Poetry Open Mic

Monthly · 2nd Friday or 3rd Thursday — date announced on Instagram

Our monthly poetry night, now in season two. Bring a poem, a page, or just your ears — sign-ups at the door.

Escapement, season two — a packed house

“Thank you to all the poets who packed the house for the season 2 premiere of Escapement. Our little shop was filled with the poetry of our friends!”

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Full lineup and last-minute additions on Instagram.

The folks behind the keys

Meet Adam & Siren

Indy Type Shop is run by Adam and Siren — the husband-and-wife team who keep Garfield Park stocked with working typewriters, good used books, and room enough for a poem.

The third member of staff is Molly, a purple Remington Portable 2 and the shop’s unofficial mascot. She takes center stage every June 23 for National Typewriter Day.

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