1960 Smith Corona Golden Shield Jetriter #G4Y 15429
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
Created: 02-11-2023 at 01:54PM
Last Edit: 02-11-2023 at 01:56PM
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Description:
It's not every day I get to add a new Smith-Corona model to the Database! But today is my lucky day. This rusty machine was donated to WordPlay Cincy by a woman who bought it for $5 at a yard sale. It's obviously just a Skyriter with a "jet-age" name and a pretty blue color. The date of 1960 is a guess based on 4Y Skyriters. My intuition is that this was made in the US, shortly before Skyriter production moved to England.
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