1963 Royal Signet #5359788
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ryan Smith (rds0108)
Created: 12-10-2023 at 08:23AM
Last Edit: 12-10-2023 at 08:48AM
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Description:
This was my grandmother's typewriter, passed down to my parents, who gave it to me because of my love of all things analogue. It has been sitting in storage for at least 25 years, but after blowing out the dust, giving it a good cleaning with mineral spirits, and punching the keys a few times to loosen them, it seems to work great. Sorry about the lightness of the typeface sample -- the ribbon is decades old, and I'm still waiting on a new one to be delivered.
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Hunter: Ryan Smith (rds0108)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 57
I'm a fan of mid-century modern design and analogue processes. I already have a couple of old Bell telephones, a collection of 1960s-vintage vinyl records, and a much-too-big collection of film cameras (both still and 16mm/8mm/Super 8) spanning from 1925 to circa 1982, but concentrating on about 1947-1960. And now I'm adding typewriters.
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