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1956 Optima Elite 3 Serial # 937863 1956 Optima Elite 3 typewriter, Serial # 937863 Geoff Flash's 1956 Optima Elite 3 typewriter. 2021-07-29 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Geoff Flash: 1956 Optima Elite 3 Serial # 937863 #400

Works in spite of a broken spring... First time i've seen a detached paper support...Pica

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1956 Optima Elite 3 #937863

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Geoff Flash (gflash)
Created: 08-14-2020 at 02:56PM
Last Edit: 07-29-2021 at 05:07PM


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#400

Works in spite of a broken spring... First time i've seen a detached paper support...Pica

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Optima "Elite 3" serial number location...

Optima "Elite 3" from the top...
Optima "Elite 3" from the top...

Optima "Elite 3" from the front, with the attached/inserted paper support...
Optima "Elite 3" from the front, with the attached/inserted paper support...

Optima "Elite 3" from the logo on the top...
Optima "Elite 3" from the logo on the top...

Optima "Elite 3" from the keyboard...
Optima "Elite 3" from the keyboard...

Optima "Elite 3" from under the hood...
Optima "Elite 3" from under the hood...

Optima "Elite 3" attach point for the paper support on the top...
Optima "Elite 3" attach point for the paper support on the top...

Optima "Elite 3" from the left side...
Optima "Elite 3" from the left side...

Optima "Elite 3" from the back...
Optima "Elite 3" from the back...

Optima "Elite 3" from the front...
Optima "Elite 3" from the front...

Optima "Elite 3" from the back (right side detail)...
Optima "Elite 3" from the back (right side detail)...

Optima "Elite 3" from the back (left side detail)...
Optima "Elite 3" from the back (left side detail)...

Optima "Elite 3" from the right side...
Optima "Elite 3" from the right side...

Optima "Elite 3" from the bottom...
Optima "Elite 3" from the bottom...

Optima "Elite 3" holder and the paper support...
Optima "Elite 3" holder and the paper support...

Optima "Elite 3" travel case...
Optima "Elite 3" travel case...

Hunter: Geoff Flash (gflash)

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A professor in college gave me the gift and appreciation of the letter form.
Typewriters are just little "print shops" for me.
I have an MFA in 3D Digital Sculpture.
I no longer mold young minds, by teaching art to high school students, everyday is a safari now...
In my spare time I own and operate an equal opportunity rescue shelter for all makes and models of typewriters that have been abandoned in the bottoms of closets.
No matter how many typewriters I am fortunate to be able to collect, my collection will not be as nice as Herman's...



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