197X Smith Corona Electra 120 #6ELL 193293
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 07-13-2024 at 05:58PM
Last Edit: 07-13-2024 at 06:41PM
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Description:
Like I need another S-C electric, but an original owner garage sale Electra 120 could not be passed up. This one in a great gold hue with the unusual 1/2 line spacing.
Unfortunately there is no SN breakout for these hugely popular machines. It appears they went to 6ELL and the different front panel in around 1970. The newspaper ads, always slow to show an image of the actual model's styling changes, seem to confirm circa 1970-71.
I think it goes like this:
6LE2
6LEV
6ELL
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
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