193X Continental Portable #xxx
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Cole Ehmke (wheatranger)
Created: 11-09-2024 at 10:27AM
Last Edit: 11-09-2024 at 10:31AM
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Description:
Seen in the Kansas National Guard museum in Topeka, Kansas. Note interesting paint effect. Model is labeled "Wanderer". QWERTZ keyboard. Clearly this was taken home by a soldier after service in WWII in Europe.
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Hunter: Cole Ehmke (wheatranger)
Cole Ehmke's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1325
Agricultural economist resident in the Kansas City area who enjoys interesting typewriters of all kinds. Still trying to figure out how to revive old Selectrics . . .
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