1945 Smith Corona Clipper #4C108744
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
Created: 06-16-2022 at 07:40PM
Last Edit: 06-17-2022 at 10:52AM

Description:
Found in my neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada, this typewriter with a French-Canadian keyboard is said to have been used by a writer and journalist in Ottawa, but the seller could not remember his name.
This little marvel of compactness and simplicity types freely, as found, and the only problems that I can see are a bent latch, a hard platen and maybe a missing spring for the paper rest. The case's latch is still functional and I should be able to form it back to its original shape.
It's a 10 cpi Pica typeface.
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Hunter: Daniel Burgoyne (Ixzed23)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 272
Bonjour! I am from the region of Montreal, Quebec and moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1992.
Amateur watchmaker and machinist, I love anything mechanical, hydraulic or electric. I have restored American and Canadian clocks and small lathes, milling machines and a jig bore.
Most of my typewriters have Canadian-French Qwerty keyboards, with some exception for rare finds.
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