1974 Smith Corona Classic 12 #6LTV 432686
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Zigmund Hostutler (Qwerpty)
Created: 11-27-2025 at 10:42AM
Last Edit: 11-27-2025 at 10:43AM
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Description:
Pica; 12" carriage. Winter 2015.
This was my first typewriter. Bought new by my grandparents in the '70s, it was used for the family business (a towing/wrecking service run by my grandfather) for decades. During the winter of 2015, I had shown an interest in typewriters, so my grandparents decided to hand it down to me.
I kept this until about 2019 when I decided to sell it. You only ever have a first typewriter once -in hindsight, I probably should've held onto it.
Photos and type sample are from 2017.
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Hunter: Zigmund Hostutler (Qwerpty)
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