188X Sun Dogbone #4650
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
Created: 09-27-2025 at 04:28PM
Last Edit: 09-27-2025 at 04:29PM
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Description:
🎵 Dogbone Sun,
Won’t you come,
And wash away the rain… 🎶
Anyway, this is a fairly rare Sun index typewriter from the 1880s. Gave it a quick cleaning and de-rusting, as it arrived in pretty rough shape. It took about a week to make it from neighboring New Jersey, where it came from an estate sale in September, 2025.. The package tracking says it crossed state borders 8 times, making three stops in Jersey City, two stops in Philadelphia, and apparent side quests to New York City and back and Washington, DC and back. When it arrived, poorly packed, the package was soaked with a carriage rail sticking through the side.
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Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
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Professor of Political Science and Director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University. Writes about alcohol politics, Russia, and international law when not refurbishing old typewriters.
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