1950 Smith Corona Silent #5S 160603
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Created: 06-14-2017 at 05:56PM
Last Edit: 10-19-2017 at 11:39PM
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Description:
Michigan antique mall purchase. Clean, serviced, fresh ribbon, case, manual (date printed Nov 1949), typing course book (copyright 1950). A good deal and a machine ready to type on.
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Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Tom Beauvais's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1192
Changed my collecting priorities to portables except the Olympia SG3 with the cyrillic keyboard and my Underwood No. 5--those beasts are too heavy. Sold my earlier typewriters to a friend. I had too many. I use carbon paper for typefaces when the machines have faint ribbons. I take photos with my Canon Powershot SX50HS (50x optical zoom and macro settings). I find it difficult doing typeface specimens since I use a Corsair K70 RGB gaming keyboard plugged into my 15-in Macbook. I got it solely for the deep key travel. I have fun hunting machines in antique malls in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
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