1937 Barr Macy's Portable No 1 #38268
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Brechbiel (davidbrechbiel)
Created: 04-23-2020 at 07:55PM
Last Edit: 04-23-2020 at 07:55PM
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Description:
This Barr Typewriter belonged to the Sargent family, long time New Haven, CT residents. The Sargents owned the Sargent Lock Company and the typewriter came out of one of the rooms within the family compound. Mrs. Sargent never threw anything away and simply filled a room in the compound and moved on to another.
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Hunter: David Brechbiel (davidbrechbiel)
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I collect late 1930's-early 1940's memorabilia. I have a small collection of radios from this era that I recently had refurbished. My interest in typewriters focused around a Royal KHM typewriter that was given to me. I decided in early 2016 to get it repaired, but the typewriter repairman I visited claimed it should be trashed and couldn't be fixed. The KHM sat on my garage bench .. again gathering dust .. I couldn't toss it.
In April 2016, on a whim, I closed an eBay BUY IT NOW (and overpaid a lot!) typewriter. The 1947 Smith-Corona Silent may have cost me dearly but it started a hobby that has become a passion to learn all I can about these amazing machines. Within 4 years I have collected nearly 160 machines and am slowly learning how to repair, be patient, and be logical! :) I hope to share my collection with the world very soon!
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