Crank It Up

Ditto Drum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

While roaming through an estate sale in an old home, we spied an old Ditto machine.  The smells and sounds of Ditto machines were ubiquitous in 20th Century schools.  We both remember making Ditto masters of crossword puzzles and cartoons to share with our classmates.  We also remember feeling extra special because we were allowed to hand-crank the purple copies from the Ditto machines.