1931 Smith Corona S-C #1007216
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 11-22-2025 at 04:00PM
Last Edit: 11-22-2025 at 04:14PM
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Description:
This is a 1931 S-C portable with the winged messenger medallion. I picked it up in a Haverhill, MA antique mall in 2006 for $28.00 plus 5% sales tax. I had the platen and feed rollers re-finished by Ames Supply Co. late in 2007, and I replaced the feet early in 2025. It has a Pica typeface, and is in good working order, although it could probably use a little more cleaning to remove some minor key stickiness.
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Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 160
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. I still have my collection of around 57 machines, and now I have a renewed interest in getting some of them in good working and cosmetic order.
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