1965 Olympia SM9 #2883646
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
Created: 10-03-2023 at 06:02PM
Last Edit: 10-03-2023 at 06:04PM
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Description:
I picked up this SM-9 off of Craigslist in the well-to-do Gladwyne suburb of Philadelphia, PA in October of 2023. The listing claimed "only types in all-caps," which made me think that it was double gothic typeface. NOPE! Modern Pica instead. Turns-out the line-lock was interfering with the shift mechanism, so literally any attempt to type lowercase letters would be blocked. That took some fixing, as well as cleaning off whatever wax/BBQ sauce/apple butter or whatever had been slathered all over the case (last pic).
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Hunter: Mark Schrad (MLSchrad)
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Professor of Political Science and Director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University. Writes about alcohol politics, Russia, and international law when not refurbishing old typewriters.
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