1959 Torpedo 18a #1078677
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Nick T (schreibstang)
Created: 05-27-2013 at 10:22PM
Last Edit: 09-09-2016 at 09:22PM
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Description:
Imperial Elite type
Dutch international keyboard
Found this in great shape in a little junk shop in Michigan. It has what I am guessing to be a Dutch international keyboard, as it has both $ and £ along with Dutch characters and 4 accent characters. Imperial Elite type (commonly called Congress Elite).
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Hunter: Nick T (schreibstang)
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I started collecting typewriters in 2006, but what started it all was using my mother's Brother Student-Riter XL1 in 2004. The next year I received my grandma's Smith-Corona Silent, which was enough to hold me over for a little while but eventually led to an obsession with manual portable typewriters.
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