1947 Smith Corona Super Speed #1A2036070-11
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Zachary Thompson (zkthompson)
Created: 08-09-2021 at 01:11PM
Last Edit: 08-09-2021 at 01:15PM
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Description:
Found at C & S Supply in Mankato, MN by my wife's uncle in the 1980s, and given to me in the Autumn of 2015. The dealer badge suggests a shop now called General Office Products, founded 1963, but there could have been another "Office Machines Sales & Service" in St. Paul at that time. Someone carved on the inside of the shell: "CR 7/22/47" (which I take as this machine's birthday) and "MN0070100MK22370" which could have been an inventory number. Has always run perfectly well, even after 30 years in basement storage. Pica typeface.
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Hunter: Zachary Thompson (zkthompson)
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Professional teacher, amateur classicist and historian. I like typing letters to my friends.
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