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1940 Woodstock 5 Serial # N556598 1940 Woodstock 5 typewriter, Serial # N556598 Gerald Ambrose's 1940 Woodstock 5 typewriter. 2024-10-19 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Gerald Ambrose: 1940 Woodstock 5 Serial # N556598 Found this sturdy and well used machine on a walk through of an antique store and determined that it had to come home. It needed a fair bit of adjustment but now it types and writes well. It is going to need a new platen as the current one has become detached from the wood core but, it’s still nice to type on from time to time.
More pictures and a type sample to follow.

1940 Woodstock 5 #N556598

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Gerald Ambrose (Oliver9)
Created: 02-18-2023 at 02:36PM
Last Edit: 10-19-2024 at 07:35AM


Description:

Found this sturdy and well used machine on a walk through of an antique store and determined that it had to come home. It needed a fair bit of adjustment but now it types and writes well. It is going to need a new platen as the current one has become detached from the wood core but, it’s still nice to type on from time to time.
More pictures and a type sample to follow.

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Hunter: Gerald Ambrose (Oliver9)

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I started collecting typewriters several years ago and it started with a late 1960s Smith-Corona Sterling portable that I got as a gift.



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