196X Smith Corona Electra 120 #6ELL 309035H
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lawrence Cardella (Vintageink1965)
Created: 09-01-2024 at 07:15PM
Last Edit: 09-01-2024 at 07:17PM
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Picked up at a local thrift store for $20. Very dirty but fully functional. I own 4 of these 6 series electrics and really like them for writing.
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Hunter: Lawrence Cardella (Vintageink1965)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 260
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 14) 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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