1951 Smith Corona Clipper #5C 168362
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Joseph Sulier (jsulier)
Created: 03-04-2016 at 09:56PM
Last Edit: 10-19-2017 at 11:04PM
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My first typewriter, bought at Jones Typewriter in Maplewood MO, don't know much about this model, yet.
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Hunter: Joseph Sulier (jsulier)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 17
I own a 51 Smith-Corona Clipper, a 43 Royal Quiet De Luxe, a 35 Woodstock and a 44 Groma Modell T.
Copied from user Ian Brumfeld:
"On March 6th, 1942, the United States government declared that all typewriter sales would cease, including the rental and rebuilding of machines. On March 15 in compliance with the government, Royal drastically scaled back its production of standard and portable machines. All of the machines manugactured after March 15th, 1942, were built specifically for use by the government, the armed forces, or for war contractors. That means that this QDL is one of those machines! It is also approximately 7k machines away from the production halt, meaning that (so far) this machine is the closest known to the production halt!"
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