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1961 Cole Steel Portable Serial # 3-160822 1961 Cole Steel Portable typewriter, Serial # 3-160822 Mark Rosenzweig's 1961 Cole Steel Portable typewriter. 2018-01-24 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mark Rosenzweig: 1961 Cole Steel Portable Serial # 3-160822 When I got this flat West-German-made portable the escapement was frozen. Cole-Steels (and Facit portables) seem to suffer from this far more than other brands, judging by comments on the Portable Typewriter Forum.

1961 Cole Steel Portable #3-160822

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
Created: 03-13-2014 at 11:58AM
Last Edit: 01-24-2018 at 01:22PM


Description:

When I got this flat West-German-made portable the escapement was frozen. Cole-Steels (and Facit portables) seem to suffer from this far more than other brands, judging by comments on the Portable Typewriter Forum.

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Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)

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I have collected typewriters since the early 1970s. My first collectible machine was a Mignon, but I also had everyday typers then, first a Voss ST-24 and an Olivetti Praxis 48, and then a Hermes 3000 and a Hermes 10. Over the last decade or so, I've turned my focus from early machines (Lambert, Blickensderfer, Hammond, Smith-Premier, etc.) to portables.

Besides typewriters, I also am avid about Studebakers, and have had a 1964 Studebaker GT Hawk since 1979.



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