1920 Fox Portable 2 #13085
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
Created: 10-13-2022 at 11:20AM
Last Edit: 10-13-2022 at 04:07PM
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This is a great little mechanical device. Too bad that the big old Corona company could not tolerate a little competition. I found this beauty in an antique store in Livonia, Michigan over a year ago. I still have not sat down to thoroughly clean it, nor have I changed the ribbon. I think I can improve the typing specimen with a little TLC. This will be the first machine I use this holiday season to type my first Christmas Letter. (T016)
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Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1538
I have always enjoyed tinkering with mechanical "things". For a number of years my wife wanted an IBM Selectric, The machine she used many years ago as a secretary. In 2020 we found one at an auction and bought it for $15. It took another $150 for the typewriter repairman to get it working. That turned out to be T001 in our collection. In the beginning we bought whatever we found. Now I am concentrating on the portables rather than the older office machines. The collection is getting large and it is time to start posting on TWDB.
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