oh, my yes, hand-cranked copiers, one copy at a time and only if something didn't come loose in there ... maybe we had a really bum one ... I recall the whole drum came apart one time, into its component parts ... I didn't see electric typewriters until 5 yrs after HS ... you know there must be seven different ways to turn on an electric typewriter, depending on the make and model? And all of them hidden from common sense. A label that said "Power" or "Turn on here" would have been helpful.
I like to dip into the Good Old Days now and then just to get high on joy because now it ain't like that ...