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1934 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 1A4195 1934 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter, Serial # 1A4195 Greg Mattesen's 1934 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter. 2025-01-28 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Greg Mattesen: 1934 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 1A4195 This flat top Corona was in pretty bad shape when I bought it: caked internally with congealed grease and dirt, it barely worked. It was my first flat top Corona, however, so I bought it anyway. It languished in my cellar for a year or more until a friend of mine indicated an interest, and I restored it for him. It has an interesting brass plate in the front indicating it was owned by the AT&T Northeastern Construction Dept.

1934 Smith Corona Sterling #1A4195

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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-27-2025 at 11:49AM
Last Edit: 01-28-2025 at 05:26PM

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This flat top Corona was in pretty bad shape when I bought it: caked internally with congealed grease and dirt, it barely worked. It was my first flat top Corona, however, so I bought it anyway. It languished in my cellar for a year or more until a friend of mine indicated an interest, and I restored it for him. It has an interesting brass plate in the front indicating it was owned by the AT&T Northeastern Construction Dept.

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Even when they're abused, these old Coronas seem to clean up well.
Even when they're abused, these old Coronas seem to clean up well.





Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)

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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.


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