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1919 Corona 3 Serial # 273795 1919 Corona 3 typewriter, Serial # 273795 Brian Hagermann's 1919 Corona 3 typewriter. 2024-12-01 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brian Hagermann: 1919 Corona 3 Serial # 273795 This is a late 1919 Corona 3 with the "L-shaped" folding brackets made from stamped steel. Corona would return to the solid, cast brackets in 1920. This particular example was purchased with the more deluxe case, featuring a purple velvet interior and an small shelf for paper or documents below the typewriter compartment. Complete with Corona-branded type brush and oiler. Types quite well after quite a bit of disassembly and cleaning. Acquired as part of a pair with a 1937 Royal Model "O" portable. The Corona was used by a Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania schoolteacher and the Royal was owned by her daughter, also a schoolteacher.

1919 Corona 3 #273795

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Hagermann (bhagermann)
Created: 12-01-2024 at 08:17PM
Last Edit: 12-01-2024 at 08:21PM

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This is a late 1919 Corona 3 with the "L-shaped" folding brackets made from stamped steel. Corona would return to the solid, cast brackets in 1920. This particular example was purchased with the more deluxe case, featuring a purple velvet interior and an small shelf for paper or documents below the typewriter compartment. Complete with Corona-branded type brush and oiler. Types quite well after quite a bit of disassembly and cleaning. Acquired as part of a pair with a 1937 Royal Model "O" portable. The Corona was used by a Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania schoolteacher and the Royal was owned by her daughter, also a schoolteacher.

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Plush!
Plush!

The folding panel remains attached, held on by a handful of velvet threads.
The folding panel remains attached, held on by a handful of velvet threads.

Standard US keyboard. The typing experience was improved when Corona began using a dedicated period key not long after this machine was made. The unshifted character on the period key is the comma.
Standard US keyboard. The typing experience was improved when Corona began using a dedicated period key not long after this machine was made. The unshifted character on the period key is the comma.



Snap-on escapement cover. Corona would return to using screws in the near future.
Snap-on escapement cover. Corona would return to using screws in the near future.


A reasonably intact pigeon.
A reasonably intact pigeon.


The original Corona-branded rubber feet are hard but not terribly "mushroomed".
The original Corona-branded rubber feet are hard but not terribly "mushroomed".


Hunter: Brian Hagermann (bhagermann)

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I found my first typewriter, a 1949 Smith-Corona Clipper, in a dumpster in 2004. I've been fascinated by typewriters ever since--though it took quite a long time to accept the label "collector". I am mostly interested in typewriters that are linked to a place and/or a person and the research into their own histories is half the fun. Collecting typewriters remains a net-zero hobby for me, meaning I repair and resell to fund further purchases without (in theory) spending my own salary.


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