1954 Smith Corona Sterling #5A469420
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-06-2024 at 03:06PM
Last Edit: 06-06-2024 at 07:35PM
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Description:
Too clean to pass up and one of the best examples of what the actual original color was. The paper bail arm/tab was bent. A little effort to move it over didn't go so well.
I have a 2 series on the shelf, so only a 3 to have them all?
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- Motion and other things.
- Manual, but...but...Reddit.
- Ribbons.
- 1A
- 6SS
- 4A
- 5A white keys 1959
- 6MSE
- 5AX
- The Last Sterling?
Photos:
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
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