1953 Smith Corona Silent #5S 421095
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Nick T (schreibstang)
Created: 09-15-2016 at 01:50AM
Last Edit: 10-19-2017 at 11:47PM
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Description:
Elite type
US keyboard
This was my first manual typewriter—I can't believe I haven't posted it here yet. It's gone through a lot during its years, enduring some mistreatment from me and other family members.
My grandma got it new and my father used it in college before he got a Macintosh Plus.
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Hunter: Nick T (schreibstang)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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I started collecting typewriters in 2006, but what started it all was using my mother's Brother Student-Riter XL1 in 2004. The next year I received my grandma's Smith-Corona Silent, which was enough to hold me over for a little while but eventually led to an obsession with manual portable typewriters.
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