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1893 Blickensderfer 5 Serial # 5095 1893 Blickensderfer 5 typewriter, Serial # 5095 Jonathan Mitchell's 1893 Blickensderfer 5 typewriter. 2017-02-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Jonathan Mitchell: 1893 Blickensderfer 5 Serial # 5095 Found it at an antique store in PA. It was missing the spring underneath it, but after replacing that it works fine. Very slow, but i've written notes and a few pages through it.

The serial number is 5025, which seems like a rather early model to just stumble upon in working condition, but whoever originally owned it took amazing care of it.

1893 Blickensderfer 5 #5095

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jonathan Mitchell (Ouzelum)
Created: 02-06-2017 at 09:57AM
Last Edit: 02-08-2017 at 12:06PM


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Found it at an antique store in PA. It was missing the spring underneath it, but after replacing that it works fine. Very slow, but i've written notes and a few pages through it.

The serial number is 5025, which seems like a rather early model to just stumble upon in working condition, but whoever originally owned it took amazing care of it.

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Letter written on typewriter thanking Greg at www.antikeychop.com for his help in double checking the date.
Letter written on typewriter thanking Greg at www.antikeychop.com for his help in double checking the date.

Hunter: Jonathan Mitchell (Ouzelum)

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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 230

A writer and beginner collector/restorer of typewriters. I'd always written a few pages a day, been sort of a habit for a number of years now, and I saw a few typewriters in movies and loved the sound they made, so I decided to buy one to see what it was like.

Ended up with a Olivetti Lettera 22, and after writing about a hundred pages with it, I was hooked.



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