1939 Continental Standard #897429-1
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
Created: 01-01-2021 at 07:19PM
Last Edit: 01-01-2021 at 07:20PM
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Description:
I found this 1939 Continental Standard along the banks of the Susquehanna River in December, 2017, not far from the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. It was gummed-up completely solid, and had bits of a plastic cover effectively melted all over the paper table and other points of contact. It took quite a bit of work to get it all loosened-up and working again, but it is really an amazing writing machine. I believe this one came from Europe soon after World War II as a war trophy.
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Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
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Professor of Political Science and Director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University. Writes about alcohol politics, Russia, and international law when not refurbishing old typewriters.
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