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Brian Young is helping keep history at our fingertips.

He does so with his collection of vintage typewriters – some more than a century old – which he has loaned to the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner for a special exhibit highlighting the office machine that, prior to the personal computer, was an essential part of most homes and businesses.

Young is guest curator of “Hunt and Peck,” a display featuring over three dozen of his amazing, well-conditioned machines, the stories behind them shared in great detail – complete with period magazine ads and newspaper fron...