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197X Smith Corona Classic 12 Valpar Serial # 6MLE 100176H 197X Smith Corona Classic 12 Valpar typewriter, Serial # 6MLE 100176H Mark Petersen's 197X Smith Corona Classic 12 Valpar typewriter. 2020-05-01 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mark Petersen: 197X Smith Corona Classic 12 Valpar Serial # 6MLE 100176H I was lucky to be the second bidder on this one on eBay and won it for about $66. NO LONGER are these a mystery, they were part of a vocational assessment kit from Valpar Corp. Along with other puzzles they were for testing aptitude, task completion, and problem solving skills.
The margins are fixed, there is no tab or bell. There is a functional backspace and ribbon selector though. Some of the typeslugs have shifted characters but there is no shift.

197X Smith Corona Classic 12 Valpar #6MLE 100176H

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype)
Created: 10-21-2013 at 10:25PM
Last Edit: 05-01-2020 at 05:23PM


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I was lucky to be the second bidder on this one on eBay and won it for about $66. NO LONGER are these a mystery, they were part of a vocational assessment kit from Valpar Corp. Along with other puzzles they were for testing aptitude, task completion, and problem solving skills.
The margins are fixed, there is no tab or bell. There is a functional backspace and ribbon selector though. Some of the typeslugs have shifted characters but there is no shift.

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Sticker on the bottom.
Sticker on the bottom.

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Hunter: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype)

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I am an aspiring novelist and avid typewriter enthusiast from the New River Valley in Virginia. I am a proud Virginia Tech graduate with an education in creative writing. I use typewriters for all my writing and am working on a novel. I also do street poetry. I often can be found writing on one of my machines in downtown Blacksburg and enjoying a drink.
You can email me at totallyyourtype@gmail.com
You can mail me at Mark Petersen / PO Box 6683 / Christiansburg, VA 24068-6683



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