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1944 Imperial 50 Serial # Z080697 1944 Imperial 50 typewriter, Serial # Z080697 Laurenz van Gaalen's 1944 Imperial 50 typewriter. 2020-07-02 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Laurenz van Gaalen: 1944 Imperial 50 Serial # Z080697 This typewriter was used until circa 2005 as decoration in a bar. One night a group of teenage girls 'liberated' the machine and took it home. (Until today it is a complete mystery how they manage to smuggle the heavy behemoth outside the bar.) The typewriter was kept for around 15 years as a trophy. The candle wax from the bar is still on the machine.

The War Finish edition had chemically-blackened metal parts, to preserve the supplies of nickel and chrome.

The serial starts with a Z, but is lower than the value assigned to 1945 in the TWDB, so I guess the this machine was build in 1944.

1944 Imperial 50 #Z080697

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Laurenz van Gaalen (Laurenz)
Created: 07-02-2020 at 05:29AM
Last Edit: 07-02-2020 at 06:17AM


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This typewriter was used until circa 2005 as decoration in a bar. One night a group of teenage girls 'liberated' the machine and took it home. (Until today it is a complete mystery how they manage to smuggle the heavy behemoth outside the bar.) The typewriter was kept for around 15 years as a trophy. The candle wax from the bar is still on the machine.

The War Finish edition had chemically-blackened metal parts, to preserve the supplies of nickel and chrome.

The serial starts with a Z, but is lower than the value assigned to 1945 in the TWDB, so I guess the this machine was build in 1944.

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Hunter: Laurenz van Gaalen (Laurenz)

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I live in The Netherlands.
Most common typewriter brands over here are Triumph/Adler, Olympia, Erika, Olivetti, Remington and Brother.
I collect and restore typewriters to learn about their design and to write with them.
laurenz@planet.nl



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