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1934 Burroughs 50 Serial # 50A60504 1934 Burroughs 50 typewriter, Serial # 50A60504 Stephen Clancy's 1934 Burroughs 50 typewriter. 2020-09-07 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Stephen Clancy: 1934 Burroughs 50 Serial # 50A60504 Fully functional Burroughs but no production date information available. This appears to be a well built typewriter and I particularly like that all of the exterior body panels are easily removable for cleaning and access. A word to the wise if you are cleaning one of these typers...beware of the matte area on the sides, rear, and front panel as it comes off like it was a layer of dust. Also of note is that a spray on sound absorbing material was applied at the time of manufacture and, due to age, it had dried out and fallen into the mechanical works, which was a lot of fun to clean out.

1934 Burroughs 50 #50A60504

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Stephen Clancy (navyldolcdr)
Created: 08-18-2020 at 01:59PM
Last Edit: 09-07-2020 at 03:30PM

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Fully functional Burroughs but no production date information available. This appears to be a well built typewriter and I particularly like that all of the exterior body panels are easily removable for cleaning and access. A word to the wise if you are cleaning one of these typers...beware of the matte area on the sides, rear, and front panel as it comes off like it was a layer of dust. Also of note is that a spray on sound absorbing material was applied at the time of manufacture and, due to age, it had dried out and fallen into the mechanical works, which was a lot of fun to clean out.

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Left front and side
Left front and side

Right front and side
Right front and side

Left rear and side
Left rear and side

Right rear and side
Right rear and side

Front
Front

Rear
Rear

Keytops
Keytops

Front looking into basket
Front looking into basket

Serial Number
Serial Number

Hunter: Stephen Clancy (navyldolcdr)

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Retired in June of 2015 and relocated from IL to NC (no more snow and cold but unfortunately, no more Portillo's Chicago dogs either). Missed my old manual typewriter and went on the hunt for a replacement. My first find was a 1920 Royal Model 10 (second design with the dual side glass) . Have always been very fond of typewriters, from the old portable that my mother used, to my first typing class in 1967, then on into the Navy where, as a Communications Yeoman, I worked on the AN/UGC-6 with the 28 ASR (automatic send receive) teletype machine as well as the IBM card punch machines in use at the time. I guess you can say that from 1967 onward, I have been typing on one machine or another, and now have started collecting as my little part in the preservation of the great machines of he past.


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