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1964 Olympia SM9 Serial # 2613754 1964 Olympia SM9 typewriter, Serial # 2613754 Chris Aldrich's 1964 Olympia SM9 typewriter. 2025-03-03 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Aldrich: 1964 Olympia SM9 Serial # 2613754 2025-03-03 In what I'll call the Academy 97 typewriter because I received it on the day of the 97th Annual Academy Awards on March 2nd, I've acquired my first SM9. It's a solid looking machine aside from some small damage to the rivets at the back of the case, some paint wear on the hood from a too low carriage return arm, and some dried out and cracked rubber feet. It's hiding a Congress Elite No. 84 font at 11 CPI (2.3 m/m). Someone both used and loved this machine and even put it away last with clean slugs. This should be imminently restorable to it's former glory. Given how sought after these are as one of the best portables ever made and the generally excellent condition, I can't bring myself to tell the pittance I found it for, particularly when I see ones in mediocre or unknown shape going for over $100 on many of the auction sites lately. Given how 2025 has been going so far, I'll gratefully take the win. Naturally it'll be a minute before I can clean it up properly, but I can already tell this will be a fun little machine.

I've uploaded some preliminary photos of it in it's received condition including one of the bottom to show the "furriness" of the pre-serviced condition.

1964 Olympia SM9 #2613754

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 03-03-2025 at 11:52AM
Last Edit: 03-03-2025 at 11:56AM

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2025-03-03 In what I'll call the Academy 97 typewriter because I received it on the day of the 97th Annual Academy Awards on March 2nd, I've acquired my first SM9. It's a solid looking machine aside from some small damage to the rivets at the back of the case, some paint wear on the hood from a too low carriage return arm, and some dried out and cracked rubber feet. It's hiding a Congress Elite No. 84 font at 11 CPI (2.3 m/m). Someone both used and loved this machine and even put it away last with clean slugs. This should be imminently restorable to it's former glory. Given how sought after these are as one of the best portables ever made and the generally excellent condition, I can't bring myself to tell the pittance I found it for, particularly when I see ones in mediocre or unknown shape going for over $100 on many of the auction sites lately. Given how 2025 has been going so far, I'll gratefully take the win. Naturally it'll be a minute before I can clean it up properly, but I can already tell this will be a fun little machine.

I've uploaded some preliminary photos of it in it's received condition including one of the bottom to show the "furriness" of the pre-serviced condition.

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Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)

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Hello! I’m a Johns Hopkins trained biomedical and electrical engineer with a variety of interests in the entertainment industry, information theory, evolution, big history, genetics, signal processing, transgenetics, translational medicine, and theoretical mathematics. I’m a strong advocate of the IndieWeb movement.

I have a love for analog office equipment including library card catalogs and typewriters. As of March 2025, I've got a segment of 45 typewriters, mostly portable and manual models along with several Royal standards, a Remington Standard, and one SMC typebar electric. I have been learning how to completely overhaul all of the machines in my collection, all of which work well aside from one or two machines which need some parts. I have a burgeoning collection of typewriter tools for continually repairing, maintaining, and upgrading my machines.

2024 was broadly a year of collecting portables and 2025 seems to be shaping up to be the year of the standards. I'm slowly morphing my TWdB collection photos so that the "hero" photos of the machine facing to the right (with the left side of the typewriter facing front generally with the carriage return in the front) are those that have been generally cleaned /restored while those facing to the left (with the right side of the typewriter facing front with carriage return in the rear) are those that still need cleaning, oiling, adjustment or a major repair. Those facing forward generally need work as well. Certainly some don't fit this pattern, but I hope to fix them all shortly as I get the requisite photos.

I've got more than half a dozen card catalogs including a Gaylord Bros. and a Steelcase along with several Remington Rand and some Shaw-Walkers. I've lost count of my index card collection once I passed 10,000.


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