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1938 L.C. Smith Super-Speed Serial # 1441267B 11 1938 L.C. Smith Super-Speed typewriter, Serial # 1441267B 11 Gerald Ambrose's 1938 L.C. Smith Super-Speed typewriter. 2023-09-15 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Gerald Ambrose: 1938 L.C. Smith Super-Speed Serial # 1441267B 11 Found at a flea market.

After cleaning this machine up I am under the impression that it has been heavily used in its time. Some screws have been replaced with miss-matched ones, the all tab stop clearing lever is missing, and there are a couple missing screws from the side panels.
I didn’t think the right hand return lever and wrinkle finish paint were unusual until I started looking at fellow typewriter hunters’ galleries and noticed that most of these typewriters from the late 1930s have left hand return levers and gloss paint. The back to panels are still gloss, so I’m unsure if this machine was rebuilt and repainted or was always in wrinkle finish.
The typewriter is working, but still needs some more cleaning and adjusting.

1938 L.C. Smith Super-Speed #1441267B 11

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Gerald Ambrose (Oliver9)
Created: 09-15-2023 at 06:32AM
Last Edit: 09-15-2023 at 06:33AM

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Found at a flea market.

After cleaning this machine up I am under the impression that it has been heavily used in its time. Some screws have been replaced with miss-matched ones, the all tab stop clearing lever is missing, and there are a couple missing screws from the side panels.
I didn’t think the right hand return lever and wrinkle finish paint were unusual until I started looking at fellow typewriter hunters’ galleries and noticed that most of these typewriters from the late 1930s have left hand return levers and gloss paint. The back to panels are still gloss, so I’m unsure if this machine was rebuilt and repainted or was always in wrinkle finish.
The typewriter is working, but still needs some more cleaning and adjusting.

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Hunter: Gerald Ambrose (Oliver9)

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