1954 Smith Corona Tabulator #4AR 24886
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
Created: 04-28-2022 at 03:15PM
Last Edit: 05-01-2022 at 11:55AM
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Description:
April 2022 thrift shop purchase. Carriage draw spring is broken and to be replaced. Also needs cleaning and tuning. Came with its original case, but the clasp is broken and does not hold the case closed.
It seems this model was sold by Sears in Spring/Summer 1954. In Fall 1954, it was rebadged as Tower Challenger. (See the comments on #4AR 26603 at https://typewriterdatabase.com/1954-smith-corona-tabulator.9593.typewriter.)
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Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
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I'm a semi-retired software/web developer with a now eight-year-old grandson, Jaxon, who is crazy about typewriters. In late 2021, at age six, Jaxon got a Montgomery Ward Escort 350 portable from Goodwill that absolutely fascinated him. He still takes it everywhere, and remains especially pleased that it has a key for the number one. He considers his Escort to be our best typer, but I think that honor goes to our second generation 1969 Hermes 3000. Jaxon's got me hooked, and now--between us--we have a growing collection of writing machines. Together, we've set up and equipped a small workshop area and, whenever we get the chance, we clean and perform minor repairs on our typewriters. Now that Jaxon's reading and writing skills are steadily improving, he rarely needs anyone to tell him how to spell the words he wants to type.
Newer to typewriter collecting than Jaxon, I am particularly interested in ultraportables and portables, and have developed a special fondness for Gossen, Hermes, and Rooy machines. I am also very interested in any brand/model with a HCESAR keyboard layout. A collector-at-heart--I have long collected West Indian fiction (40+ years) and Haitian art (30+ years)--I am old enough to have owned and regularly used typewriters back in the pre-PC days.
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