1938 Smith Corona Sterling #2A 46896
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Ton Sison (TonS)
Created: 07-29-2014 at 08:49PM
Last Edit: 08-22-2020 at 04:49PM
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Description:
The Corona Sterling Floating Shift typewriter embodies the late deco style called "Streamline Moderne." Graceful curves, liquid gloss burgundy color, and an elegant return lever make this machine a sight for sore eyes. Typing feel is snappy, which I believe is typical of Smith-Corona machines, even down to the later models.
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Hunter: Ton Sison (TonS)
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In a parallel universe, I was once the Senior Vice-President of Design (Typewriter Division) at Ing. C. Olivetti & C.,S.p.A., Ivrea, Italy. In the real universe, I'm a Chicago-based casual collector and hunter of Olivetti typewriters, and related ephemera, publications, and film sightings.
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