1896 Franklin New Franklin #5509
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
Created: 12-13-2013 at 07:19PM
Last Edit: 07-31-2016 at 06:23PM
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Description:
This one came into my collection early (ca. 1996) and it was quite a thrill. The New Franklin is not such an easy model to find, even in the eBay era.
Franklins use geared typebars that strike down from the front.
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Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
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Obsessive typewriterist, creator of The Classic Typewriter Page in 1995, editor of ETCetera 2006-2012 & 2015-2019, blogger, author of The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century (2015). E-mail: polt@xavier.edu
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Franklin New Franklin on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Franklin Serial Number page and the Franklin New Franklin By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
