1950 Smith Corona Skyriter #2Y30042
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ursula Sadiq (Ursula)
Created: 02-23-2024 at 12:55PM
Last Edit: 03-25-2024 at 09:53AM
![1950 #2Y30042](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g_smith-coro_22233_1708718140.jpg)
Description:
In February 2024 I was gifted 8 typewriters by another collector who needed the space, This is one of them. I love the stripes! It arrived needing a drawband repair, which I did. My first! I love this mangy tough little guy. One paper support ear is missing, the T is set low, the Z is slightly bent & sometimes sticks, the shift hold is gummy, there is chipping paint on the back, and ink stains here and there. And still I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY! Like a dapper tradesman who had been around and seen some things, but still he has good advice & stories in him. I'm going to make him a case, but for now he'll hang out with my other portables on the portables shelf.
Typeface Specimen:
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Photos:
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![the shift lock is gummy and the T rides low. the shift lock is gummy and the T rides low.](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22233_160985_1711385628.jpg)
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![2Y 30042 from 1950 2Y 30042 from 1950](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22233_160988_1711385629.jpg)
![Missing an ear for the paper support Missing an ear for the paper support](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22233_160989_1711385630.jpg)
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Hunter: Ursula Sadiq (Ursula)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 155
So it was the winter of 2023 and I found three typewriters in my basement. (I knew they were there, but I hadn't thought about them in years). So I pulled them out and fell in love with all things manual typewriter. In short order my aunt gifted me 2 more, a cousin set 3 my way, various friends were happy to unload typewriters from their attics & garages to my Home for Wayward Typewriters. ... So now, spring of 2023 I have a collection of 13 typewriters, in various stages of functionality, I have intent to fix them all, starting any day now. . . meanwhile, I am learning and documenting and dreaming
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