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1959 Olympia SM3 Serial # 1521233 1959 Olympia SM3 typewriter, Serial # 1521233 Mark Schrad's 1959 Olympia SM3 typewriter. 2023-08-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mark Schrad: 1959 Olympia SM3 Serial # 1521233 This 1959 SM-3 with double gothic typeface was acquired as part of a lot of machines from a professor of the History of Science in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA in August, 2023. Once cleaned-up, it is pretty amazing. Though it took some adjusting to having to use an upper-case "I" rather than a lowercase "L" to make a number 1.

1959 Olympia SM3 #1521233

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
Created: 08-14-2023 at 05:22PM
Last Edit: 08-14-2023 at 05:25PM


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This 1959 SM-3 with double gothic typeface was acquired as part of a lot of machines from a professor of the History of Science in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA in August, 2023. Once cleaned-up, it is pretty amazing. Though it took some adjusting to having to use an upper-case "I" rather than a lowercase "L" to make a number 1.

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Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)

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Professor of Political Science and Director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University. Writes about alcohol politics, Russia, and international law when not refurbishing old typewriters.



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