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1897 Smith Premier 4 Serial # 5475 1897 Smith Premier 4 typewriter, Serial # 5475 Reinier Verkleij's 1897 Smith Premier 4 typewriter. 2023-08-19 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Reinier Verkleij: 1897 Smith Premier 4 Serial # 5475 Smith premier 4 typewriter. Serial number is 5475, should put it in either 1896/1897. Is missing the original space-bar, rubber feet. Needs an escapement wheel to be functional again. The other two things I should be able to fix.
Edit: Definitely 1897.

1897 Smith Premier 4 #5475

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Reinier Verkleij (DonaldDutchie)
Created: 08-19-2023 at 11:54AM
Last Edit: 08-19-2023 at 01:41PM

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Smith premier 4 typewriter. Serial number is 5475, should put it in either 1896/1897. Is missing the original space-bar, rubber feet. Needs an escapement wheel to be functional again. The other two things I should be able to fix.
Edit: Definitely 1897.

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The escapement wheel is missing a chunk. It does move but it skips a bunch of spaces(as you'd imagine).
The escapement wheel is missing a chunk. It does move but it skips a bunch of spaces(as you'd imagine).

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The platen moved in reading position. Clearly this is the superior mechanism.
The platen moved in reading position. Clearly this is the superior mechanism.

No ribbon. Gonna be a pain to get that. Well, more like very expensive.
No ribbon. Gonna be a pain to get that. Well, more like very expensive.

Platen removed, this is the beautiful basket of typearms. Should be 84 of them.
Platen removed, this is the beautiful basket of typearms. Should be 84 of them.

The serial number. 5475.
The serial number. 5475.

Hunter: Reinier Verkleij (DonaldDutchie)

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22 year old Dutch collector. Interested in any era of typewriters except for most post 1980's machines.


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