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1952 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 5A380512 1952 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter, Serial # 5A380512 Currie Russell's 1952 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter. 2021-01-23 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Currie Russell: 1952 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 5A380512 Wife picked up for me from local antique market for Father's Day. Mechanism needed cleaning as it skipped when using the spacebar.

1952 Smith Corona Sterling #5A380512

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Currie Russell (Airportguy)
Created: 01-23-2021 at 03:51PM
Last Edit: 01-23-2021 at 03:52PM


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Wife picked up for me from local antique market for Father's Day. Mechanism needed cleaning as it skipped when using the spacebar.

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Ain't a looker, but gets the job done.
Ain't a looker, but gets the job done.

As acquired condition - a bit grungy. Original metal spools.
As acquired condition - a bit grungy. Original metal spools.

Hunter: Currie Russell (Airportguy)

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My father brought with him a Hermes Rocket when he emigrated from the UK to Canada in 1967 and I remember playing with it as a kid. This memory was reignited while I was in Montreal for work this past February and came across a stationery shop that had five typewriters in the window. When I got home, I went on the hunt for my first typewriter - caught the bug and haven't stopped!



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