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1959 Olympia SF Serial # 95-268715 1959 Olympia SF typewriter, Serial # 95-268715 Greg Mattesen's 1959 Olympia SF typewriter. 2025-02-12 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Greg Mattesen: 1959 Olympia SF Serial # 95-268715 I picked up this extremely dirty SF in February 2021. It looked like it had been stored in a mechanics garage: it was covered in a film of oil and dust inside and out. It cleaned up quite well, however, and it is a wonderful typer. It has an elite typeface. More often than not I take this camping so I can type from the camper. It doesn't have its original case, but I found something that works at a ReStore store.

1959 Olympia SF #95-268715

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-12-2025 at 01:41PM
Last Edit: 02-12-2025 at 01:44PM

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I picked up this extremely dirty SF in February 2021. It looked like it had been stored in a mechanics garage: it was covered in a film of oil and dust inside and out. It cleaned up quite well, however, and it is a wonderful typer. It has an elite typeface. More often than not I take this camping so I can type from the camper. It doesn't have its original case, but I found something that works at a ReStore store.

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Before: the entire typewriter was this dirty, inside and out.
Before: the entire typewriter was this dirty, inside and out.

Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)

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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.


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