1957 Olympia SM3 #936626
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Em Barnes (yarn8934)
Created: 06-22-2025 at 08:38PM
Last Edit: 10-07-2025 at 05:27AM
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Description:
Purchased at a vintage shop in West Orange, NJ, 6.22.25. Italic typeface, which explains the number 1 key! Needs a lot of cleaning and some other fixing up..... #italic #Olympia #brown #Germany #SM3 #1950s
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Hunter: Em Barnes (yarn8934)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 4430
Started collecting in March 2021 when an Olympia SM3 caught my eye at a thrift store. By May 2021, I was up to nine. By September 2021, my husband jumped in to the pool with both feet and our collection grew to 37. Phew. By October 2022 we had 64. In 2023 we began attending and hosting events where we can share our collection with the community and other collectors. We've sold or given away over 40. Good times.
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