1955 Olympia SM3 #621242
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
Created: 09-18-2023 at 03:01PM
Last Edit: 01-17-2024 at 01:37PM
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Love this machine. Acquired from a lady in Elk Rapids, MI. This was her mother's typer in college in the 1950s. I put some new rubber on it but it needed no cleaning. Absolutely a dream to type a letter. T077
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Hunter: David Sgriccia (dyn2type)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1538
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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