1958 Olympia SM3 #1117934
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Wing (deedub)
Created: 11-04-2016 at 09:14PM
Last Edit: 11-04-2016 at 09:17PM
![1958 #1117934](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/golympia _6993_1478319253.jpg)
Description:
A late one with the German layout, which came in the special leather case available as an upscale option.
Typeface Specimen:
![](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/tolympia _6993_1478319253.jpg)
Photos:
![Leather case upgrade Leather case upgrade](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g6993_35491_1478319354.jpg)
![Leather case handle detail Leather case handle detail](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g6993_35492_1478319355.jpg)
![](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g6993_35493__35493_1478319465.jpg)
Hunter: David Wing (deedub)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 241
Living in So. Calif. USA. Bought a mint SC flattop at an estate sale for $5 some years ago, and enjoyed the tactility of typing after using computers since 1968, the punch-card era. I gave it to my mother-in-law to exercise her arthritic fingers. After she passed away last year I found it among her things. I wanted something newer, so bought an Olympia SM3. I am not a collector, but seem to have acquired more than 30 machines since March 2016, and have passed several on to family and friends, and bartered with others.
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