1935 Smith Corona Silent #1S 17995
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Melissa Favara (melissafavara)
Created: 08-19-2015 at 11:09PM
Last Edit: 10-19-2017 at 11:10PM
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Description:
This machine belonged to my favorite high school teacher, whose daughter graciously passed it to me. It was in storage and very dusty with no ribbon and a stuck carriage return. It's back to life and types well with a nice compact font, though it does skip a space occasionally.
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Hunter: Melissa Favara (melissafavara)
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I started collecting typewriters in 1996 when my employer at an old newsstand in Kalamazoo, MI gave me her mother's Underwood Elliot Fisher Noiseless; I love these machines and learning how to repair and maintain them. The Noiseless was the medium for a zine I wrote through the nineties and into the oughts, and my nine-year-old daughter now types regularly.
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