1952 Rooy portable #14,224
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
Created: 10-03-2023 at 08:16AM
Last Edit: 10-03-2023 at 08:18AM
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Fabulous machine. Acquired thru craigslist. Previous owner was a War Correspondent in Korea during the war. One owner. The leather case fits like a glove and I assumed it was custom made but it has patent numbers registered to a luggage company. T101
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Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1436
I have always enjoyed tinkering with mechanical "things". For a number of years my wife wanted an IBM Selectric, The machine she used many years ago as a secretary. In 2020 we found one at an auction and bought it for $15. It took another $150 for the typewriter repairman to get it working. That turned out to be T001 in our collection. In the beginning we bought whatever we found. Now I am concentrating on the portables rather than the older office machines. The collection is getting large and it is time to start posting on TWDB.
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