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196X Smith Corona Electra 120 Serial # 6ELL 181461 196X Smith Corona Electra 120 typewriter, Serial # 6ELL 181461 Nicholas West's 196X Smith Corona Electra 120 typewriter. 2023-10-11 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Nicholas West: 196X Smith Corona Electra 120 Serial # 6ELL 181461 A truly wonderful electric typewriter....I think of this machine as my "NASA" typewriter, because of its late 1960s modernistic "space age" sans serif font....I imagine secretaries at NASA using this kind of machine to grind out hundreds of work orders, business letters, memos etc. Purchased for $20 at a local thrift shop in upstate NY.

196X Smith Corona Electra 120 #6ELL 181461

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Nicholas West (NickWest23)
Created: 10-11-2023 at 03:57PM
Last Edit: 10-11-2023 at 08:36PM


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A truly wonderful electric typewriter....I think of this machine as my "NASA" typewriter, because of its late 1960s modernistic "space age" sans serif font....I imagine secretaries at NASA using this kind of machine to grind out hundreds of work orders, business letters, memos etc. Purchased for $20 at a local thrift shop in upstate NY.

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