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198X Smith Corona Correction Electric III Serial # 8ELF 212332 198X Smith Corona Correction Electric III typewriter, Serial # 8ELF 212332 Robert Walker's 198X Smith Corona Correction Electric III typewriter. 2024-05-02 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Robert Walker: 198X Smith Corona Correction Electric III Serial # 8ELF 212332 In some respects, the Correction Electric III seems to be a step backwards in terms of technology for Smith Corona. Though its body is very similar to the Coronamatic 2200/2500 series introduced in the 1970s, it does not utilize the SCM-exclusive cartridge ribbon system employed in those machines, instead using traditional standard-size ribbon spools.

Establishing the manufacture date of my Correction Electric III involves some guesswork, as definitive records are not available, and at the time of this posting, no other examples of this model were on the TWDB. An identical machine was listed on eBay in March, 2024. That typewriter included the original paperwork, which the seller used to date it to 1983. The Correction Electric III was offered in the 1985 Montgomery-Ward catalog as well, with a retail price of $199.99.

198X Smith Corona Correction Electric III #8ELF 212332

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Hunter: Robert Walker (walker923)
Created: 05-02-2024 at 06:59AM
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In some respects, the Correction Electric III seems to be a step backwards in terms of technology for Smith Corona. Though its body is very similar to the Coronamatic 2200/2500 series introduced in the 1970s, it does not utilize the SCM-exclusive cartridge ribbon system employed in those machines, instead using traditional standard-size ribbon spools.

Establishing the manufacture date of my Correction Electric III involves some guesswork, as definitive records are not available, and at the time of this posting, no other examples of this model were on the TWDB. An identical machine was listed on eBay in March, 2024. That typewriter included the original paperwork, which the seller used to date it to 1983. The Correction Electric III was offered in the 1985 Montgomery-Ward catalog as well, with a retail price of $199.99.

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I bought my first typewriter in 1974 (a used 1940s Royal) as a college freshman English major, and my first new typewriter a couple of years later (a 197X Smith-Corona 2200) as my career goal settled into journalism. We used typewriters in newspaper work until the early 1980s, when computers took over the world of journalism. My typewriters went away, and my career evolved into public relations and marketing communications. As I grew older, I developed a nostalgic longing for a typewriter to reconnect with my early years. It got partially quenched a few years ago when my older sister gave me custody of her 1967 Olympia SM-9, which she received as a high school graduation present from our parents in 1969. But eventually I wanted something to reflect my personal typewriter past, so I obtained a 1946 Royal Quiet DeLuxe and a Smith-Corona 2200. That start in collecting led me into many estate sales and the mysteries of eBay/ Facebook Marketplace, where other treasures awaited discovery.


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