197x Olivetti Linea 98 #1960753
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Patrick Clawson (MTCoalhopper)
Created: 01-27-2018 at 08:25PM
Last Edit: 04-05-2018 at 09:31AM
![197x #1960753](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/golivetti _10008_1517109951.jpg)
Description:
Made in Brazil with a 27-inch carriage, this machine was given to me by my uncle, who found it in a military surplus store. Our best guess is that it would have been used for large (A1-size) maps and blueprints.
Perhaps the most surprising aspect is how smoothly such a long, heavy carriage advances.
Typeface Specimen:
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Photos:
![The serial number seems odd for a special machine. The serial number seems odd for a special machine.](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g10008_54457__54457_1517110437.jpg)
![For a machine used in a woodworking factory for a decade or two, the mechanism is very clean. Some of the plastic has yellowed from age, though. For a machine used in a woodworking factory for a decade or two, the mechanism is very clean. Some of the plastic has yellowed from age, though.](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g10008_54458__54458_1517111202.jpg)
![This shows how wide the carriage is. That is an 11 x 17 sheet of paper, in landscape orientation. Plenty of extra room on the ends. This shows how wide the carriage is. That is an 11 x 17 sheet of paper, in landscape orientation. Plenty of extra room on the ends.](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g10008_54459__54459_1517111492.jpg)
Hunter: Patrick Clawson (MTCoalhopper)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 100
College library staff (careful not to call myself a librarian without an MLS) with frequently frustrated literary ambitions. Nonetheless, I'll have the machines, if ever I break my writers' block.
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