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1962 Smith Corona Electra 12 Serial # 6L E124547 1962 Smith Corona Electra 12 typewriter, Serial # 6L E124547 James Grooms's 1962 Smith Corona Electra 12 typewriter. 2025-03-22 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1962 Smith Corona Electra 12 Serial # 6L E124547 The succesor to the 5LE and S-C going full steam after the office market.

This and a Coronet were saved from the dumpster. Both were heavily used in a pharmacy, thus the Elite Gothic 16 typeface, A testament to how well these were built. Splice the cord and away she goes with a pretty good impression sample. With a key bezel and paper bail, she will live once more.

First ads appear in 62 and this looks like it lines up with the end of the 5L E run, so it's safe to assume the lower number TWDB galleries are 62 models. The 200 is the fully auto model and despite Smith Corona's effort to tell us otherwise, is a portable. The Electra 12 will be replaced by the Electra 120 around SN130. This has no pp table, so it might have been a 120.
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See the obit for typewriter man Wilbur E. Walker.

Note the interesting platen featuring card tabs in the platen. You never know what you might find.

1962 Smith Corona Electra 12 #6L E124547

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-15-2024 at 01:25PM
Last Edit: 03-22-2025 at 11:46AM

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The succesor to the 5LE and S-C going full steam after the office market.

This and a Coronet were saved from the dumpster. Both were heavily used in a pharmacy, thus the Elite Gothic 16 typeface, A testament to how well these were built. Splice the cord and away she goes with a pretty good impression sample. With a key bezel and paper bail, she will live once more.

First ads appear in 62 and this looks like it lines up with the end of the 5L E run, so it's safe to assume the lower number TWDB galleries are 62 models. The 200 is the fully auto model and despite Smith Corona's effort to tell us otherwise, is a portable. The Electra 12 will be replaced by the Electra 120 around SN130. This has no pp table, so it might have been a 120.
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See the obit for typewriter man Wilbur E. Walker.

Note the interesting platen featuring card tabs in the platen. You never know what you might find.

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.

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