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1962 IBM Model C Serial # 1516187 1962 IBM Model C typewriter, Serial # 1516187 Richard Polt's 1962 IBM Model C typewriter. 2026-08-26 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Richard Polt: 1962 IBM Model C Serial # 1516187 This Model C includes some nonstandard characters such as § and ¶, suggesting that it was intended for legal work.

1962 IBM Model C #1516187

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)
Created: 08-26-2026 at 08:47AM
Last Edit: 08-26-2026 at 08:48AM


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This Model C includes some nonstandard characters such as § and ¶, suggesting that it was intended for legal work.

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Hunter: Richard Polt (richardpolt)

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Obsessive typewriterist, creator of The Classic Typewriter Page in 1995, editor of ETCetera 2006-2012 & 2015-2019, blogger, author of The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century (2015) and Evertype: A Novel (2025). E-mail: polt@xavier.edu



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