1967 Hermes Ambassador #1013260
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Elisa Makoon-Singh (escribiramaquina)
Created: 05-21-2025 at 06:20AM
Last Edit: 05-21-2025 at 06:21AM
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Description:
I like big TYPEWRITERS and I cannot lie. (riffing off Sir Mix-a-Lot)
This is the first Hermes in my collection and I doubt it will be the only.
The only thing missing is the carbon ribbon uptake reel but Denny will engineer a solution.
Before coming into my possession, it belonged to a library who had purchased it brand new. Then one day, the library decided to off load to the person who sold it to me.
When I brought this typewriter home after a long drive through beautiful Pennsylvania, I wondered "how did I get so lucky? Why did the Typewriter Distribution System choose this machine for me?" I still haven't sorted that out yet... this machine has me in complete awe.
Library set you free
Now you belong to me
Sage and seafoam
Welcome home.
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Hunter: Elisa Makoon-Singh (escribiramaquina)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 296
I love to write and found that writing on a typewriter is the most enjoyable and distraction-free way of doing it. I started with an Alphasmart, then moved to a Royalite, then to an Olympia SM5. The Olympia kept me fully satisfied for a good seven years until I got the bit by the collecting bug. Now I am slowly amassing my own personal typewriter museum. Typewriters are like personal printing presses. My partner is an engineer who can fix and clean any typewriter, so we make a great team.
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