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1969 Olympia SM9 Serial # 3889676 1969 Olympia SM9 typewriter, Serial # 3889676 Lawrence Cardella's 1969 Olympia SM9 typewriter. 2025-03-21 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Lawrence Cardella: 1969 Olympia SM9 Serial # 3889676 Picked this up at a local thrift store for $25. Was extremely dirty with lots of sticking type bars. After a good deep clean, it types beautifully with the signature Olympia smoothness. I believe someone painted this as I have never seen an SM9 in this color. If they did, it was a great paint job because it looks great. This is now the third Olympia in my collection.

1969 Olympia SM9 #3889676

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lawrence Cardella (Vintageink1965)
Created: 03-21-2025 at 04:43PM
Last Edit: 03-21-2025 at 06:23PM

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Picked this up at a local thrift store for $25. Was extremely dirty with lots of sticking type bars. After a good deep clean, it types beautifully with the signature Olympia smoothness. I believe someone painted this as I have never seen an SM9 in this color. If they did, it was a great paint job because it looks great. This is now the third Olympia in my collection.

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Hunter: Lawrence Cardella (Vintageink1965)

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I grew up with a fascination and deep appreciation for mechanical business machines. Mid-century typewriters, cash registers and adding machines. To appreciate the magic of these devices and the synergy of gears, springs and levers working together in perfect harmony is quite beautiful and an understated marvel of engineering and quality workmanship that has produced products that work exactly as intended for decades and even a century after they were produced. This is something that doesn’t exist in today’s world. My small collection (currently 19) consists of mainly portables, ultra-portables and a few Smith Corona 6 series electrics, which I use for amateur writing projects.


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