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192X Yost 20 Serial # XY50454 192X Yost 20 typewriter, Serial # XY50454 Little Typist's 192X Yost 20 typewriter. 2025-03-07 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Little Typist: 192X Yost 20 Serial # XY50454 Old veteran, used previously as a stand for flower pots.
Snatched it after I found out it was not its place in the garden.
It was a long and harsh century, my friend... and all the dirt and rust you piled up is not giving up easy.
Looking nice in my cabinet, but still wiping and brushing it out once a week until it will shine again.
Though, platen and top covers seem lost forever....

French/Romanian keyboard, top plated with celluloid. Wooden space bar.

192X Yost 20 #XY50454

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Little Typist (LittleTypist)
Created: 03-07-2025 at 02:34PM
Last Edit: 03-07-2025 at 02:56PM

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Description:

Old veteran, used previously as a stand for flower pots.
Snatched it after I found out it was not its place in the garden.
It was a long and harsh century, my friend... and all the dirt and rust you piled up is not giving up easy.
Looking nice in my cabinet, but still wiping and brushing it out once a week until it will shine again.
Though, platen and top covers seem lost forever....

French/Romanian keyboard, top plated with celluloid. Wooden space bar.

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Everything seems jammed... except a few keys. Wonderful grasshopper mechanism.
Everything seems jammed... except a few keys. Wonderful grasshopper mechanism.

Decal still there...
Decal still there...

...and in the back as well.
...and in the back as well.

A peak underneath.
A peak underneath.

Inside. A few bent bars, rust and plant roots everywhere, carriage string missing (but the spring is still strong!).
Inside. A few bent bars, rust and plant roots everywhere, carriage string missing (but the spring is still strong!).

And what is left of the barely moving type A carriage. Everything else - from paper margins to screws - is firmly weld by corrosion.
And what is left of the barely moving type A carriage. Everything else - from paper margins to screws - is firmly weld by corrosion.

Hunter: Little Typist (LittleTypist)

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