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1943 Seidel & Naumann Erika 5 Serial # 1022889/5 1943 Seidel & Naumann Erika 5 typewriter, Serial # 1022889/5 Chris Pittman's 1943 Seidel & Naumann Erika 5 typewriter. 2015-04-05 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Pittman: 1943 Seidel & Naumann Erika 5 Serial # 1022889/5 This 1943 typewriter was brought back from Germany after WWII by an American Red Cross nurse named Eugene Bishop. It has been converted to a QWERTY keyboard and has had a few other apparent non-factory modifications- it has a "$" key and two "4" keys. It's seen a lot of use but still works and I am going to preserve it the way it is. This was the first typewriter in my collection.

1943 Seidel & Naumann Erika 5 #1022889/5

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Pittman (intrenches)
Created: 04-05-2015 at 09:54AM
Last Edit: 04-05-2015 at 09:55AM


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This 1943 typewriter was brought back from Germany after WWII by an American Red Cross nurse named Eugene Bishop. It has been converted to a QWERTY keyboard and has had a few other apparent non-factory modifications- it has a "$" key and two "4" keys. It's seen a lot of use but still works and I am going to preserve it the way it is. This was the first typewriter in my collection.

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Hunter: Chris Pittman (intrenches)

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My name is Chris, I live in Massachusetts, I'm 43 years old and I like to type. I collect mostly German typewriters from before 1945.



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