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198x Sears The Scholar with correction Serial # 07159944 198x Sears The Scholar with correction typewriter, Serial # 07159944 Mei Travis's 198x Sears The Scholar with correction typewriter. 2020-12-15 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mei Travis: 198x Sears The Scholar with correction Serial # 07159944 This Sears model 161.53772 is identical, as far as I can tell, to my first Scholar 161.53770, except the case for this one is molded to the machine's shape while the first one is boxy. These Nakajima electric typewriters in their plain beige plastic bodies are beasts in sheep's clothing. They are good reliable electric typebar machines with all the important bells and whistles. I modified this one by coloring the repeat keys red as I had seen on an electric Olympia, and I colored part of the ribbon selection indicator, since I will rarely use the white correction ribbon. The Graduate model has the 1/2 character spacing and also comes in Elite, so if I ever find one of those, it'll be mine too.

198x Sears The Scholar with correction #07159944

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mei Travis (meilynne)
Created: 12-09-2020 at 09:55AM
Last Edit: 12-15-2020 at 09:09PM

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This Sears model 161.53772 is identical, as far as I can tell, to my first Scholar 161.53770, except the case for this one is molded to the machine's shape while the first one is boxy. These Nakajima electric typewriters in their plain beige plastic bodies are beasts in sheep's clothing. They are good reliable electric typebar machines with all the important bells and whistles. I modified this one by coloring the repeat keys red as I had seen on an electric Olympia, and I colored part of the ribbon selection indicator, since I will rarely use the white correction ribbon. The Graduate model has the 1/2 character spacing and also comes in Elite, so if I ever find one of those, it'll be mine too.

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I colored the repeat keys with red Sharpie as well as half of the "correction" indicator of the ribbon selector.
I colored the repeat keys with red Sharpie as well as half of the "correction" indicator of the ribbon selector.







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During the quiet summer of 2020, I longed to use a typewriter again. After some online research and browsing, two Brother machines landed on my doorstep. A 1971 Montgomery Ward's Signature 511D and a creamy 1985 Sears ultraportable both ignited a fire I haven't felt in a long time. I quickly found Ted Munk, the Facebook groups, and the rest of the typewriter online community, where I learned how to fix them and appreciate them. By summer's end I had collected 20 typewriters to cure my pandemic blues. Now I'm obsessed about the different styles, the mechanics & repair, and their important history. Typewriters are an endless source of fascination as a literary medium, for creativity, a tinker-fest for machine geeks, and they still contribute to the economy. I truly enjoy learning how to bring mid-century or later typewriters back to life, even the electric ones, while completely in awe of the unique antiques that folks brilliantly restore. It warms my heart that there are others, and here we are sharing the same passions about typewriters together.


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