1925 Corona Four #H304964

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 08-30-2026 at 05:07AM
Last Edit: 08-30-2026 at 06:52AM

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Description:

2026-AUG-30, Gallery Creation.

This typewriter is from the Mike Meakin collection.  Mike was the owner of Abacus Office Machines in Spokane, WA, which he started in 1961.  Mike retired in 1992, leaving the operation of the business to his children.  In addition to running a successful office machine business, Mike was an avid typewriter and adding machine collector, whose collection grew to over 450 machines over time.  Mike passed away in 2025, and his children are now gradually selling off his collection.  His daughter, Trudy, has graciously allowed me to create TWDB galleries for Mike's machines, to add to our knowledge base. This is the second gallery for a Mike Meakin typewriter that I have created so far; link to the first one is provided below.

This particular 1925 Corona Four was factory-refurbished in the era when battleship grey crackle-paint was in vogue, from WWII until the very early 1950s. This is only the second example of a Corona 4 portable in grey crackle paint that I have seen; the first example being my own 1929 Corona 4, #V4P08545, which I purchased from Bob Aubert in 1998. I still do not have a gallery for this machine on TWDB at this writing (8/30/26), but intend to create one eventually.

This 1925 factory-refurbished Corona Four is listed on eBay, and still available as of 8/30/2026.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• 1924 Corona Four #E602500 from the Meakin Collection
• Next Meakin gallery, Williams 6 #35602

Photos:

Front view with paper inserted.

Right broadside view.

Aft view.

Left broadside view.

Left carriage end.

Underside.

Serial number.

eBay main listing page. As of 8/30/26, this machine is still available on eBay.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.