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1958 Olympia SM3 Serial # 1155524 1958 Olympia SM3 typewriter, Serial # 1155524 Ed Kosmicki's 1958 Olympia SM3 typewriter. 2023-01-31 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Ed Kosmicki: 1958 Olympia SM3 Serial # 1155524 This chocolate brown SM3 from 1958 carries pica elite ITALIC typeface and is in mint condition and has been fully refurbished (new platen too) by Darwin Raymond of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is closely related to my white SM3 I've posted, serial #1155587 Double Gothic typeface, in that we believe these two machines were made the same week, possibly the same day, shipped in the same shipment through NYC ending up here in Salt Lake City in 1958. Through a remarkable stroke of luck, these two machines were reunited in 2020 during the early part of the COVID pandemic when I bought this machine from its original owner's family. It wasn't until I got this SM3 home that I realized the serial numbers were only 63 machines apart. Back in 1958 Olympia was churning out 10,000 typewriters a month, with only a fraction of that output destined for the US market.

1958 Olympia SM3 #1155524

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ed Kosmicki (OlympiadED)
Created: 01-31-2023 at 04:16PM
Last Edit: 01-31-2023 at 04:47PM

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This chocolate brown SM3 from 1958 carries pica elite ITALIC typeface and is in mint condition and has been fully refurbished (new platen too) by Darwin Raymond of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. It is closely related to my white SM3 I've posted, serial #1155587 Double Gothic typeface, in that we believe these two machines were made the same week, possibly the same day, shipped in the same shipment through NYC ending up here in Salt Lake City in 1958. Through a remarkable stroke of luck, these two machines were reunited in 2020 during the early part of the COVID pandemic when I bought this machine from its original owner's family. It wasn't until I got this SM3 home that I realized the serial numbers were only 63 machines apart. Back in 1958 Olympia was churning out 10,000 typewriters a month, with only a fraction of that output destined for the US market.

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The Olympia SM3 brothers, serial numbers #1155587 (left) #1155524 (right) made in Germany 1958, sold in Salt Lake City circa 1958 then reunited in 2020.
The Olympia SM3 brothers, serial numbers #1155587 (left) #1155524 (right) made in Germany 1958, sold in Salt Lake City circa 1958 then reunited in 2020.



Hunter: Ed Kosmicki (OlympiadED)

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Documentary photojournalist/writer. Journalism degree - University of Colorado/Boulder. User of German film cameras and manual Olympia typewriters.


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