1960 Empire Sky-Riter #4Y 513276W
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Todd Payne (TheTypewriterCollector)
Created: 06-16-2020 at 03:03PM
Last Edit: 06-16-2020 at 03:05PM
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Description:
The last of the Empire. NOT Branded as Empire - Corona, or Smith Corona, but just Empire for a brief period from 1959-1960 before the Empire Corona and ultimately Smith Corona branding took over.
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Hunter: Todd Payne (TheTypewriterCollector)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1177
A lover of the written word, I was bitten by the typewriter bug at the beginning of 2019 when I embarked on a Joyful Odyssey to track down a vintage Olympia SM 7/8/9, (I didn't know the model number at the time) that my mother had owned and which I had used to type my college applications in the late 1980's. I have acquired quite a number since, and have enjoyed learning about the history, mechanics, and true variety of these machines.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Empire Sky-Riter on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Empire Serial Number page and the Empire Sky-Riter By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
