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1945 Smith Corona Silent Serial # 4S118584 1945 Smith Corona Silent typewriter, Serial # 4S118584 Em Barnes's 1945 Smith Corona Silent typewriter. 2026-03-04 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Em Barnes: 1945 Smith Corona Silent Serial # 4S118584 Jack (Black). Goodwill Statesville, NC. Several keys do not strike...needs some work. #Smith-Corona #black #usa #Silent #1940s November 2025, started taking this apart at a Typewriter Repair-In - received some guidance from a fellow collector....but it's stalled as I don't have the right tool/technique/touch to get the segments linked back together with the typebars (who knows if I'm using the right words here) - I did buy the Repair Bible for floating shift machines so hopefully that will help me get this fella working again. 2.28.26 We hosted another mini repair-in and our resident expert, Mary, took Jack into her custody. Two days later, the machine is in perfect working order - see the link to her blog article detailing the repair process. #xyz-4s

1945 Smith Corona Silent #4S118584

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Em Barnes (yarn8934)
Created: 10-22-2022 at 07:01PM
Last Edit: 03-04-2026 at 10:11AM

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Jack (Black). Goodwill Statesville, NC. Several keys do not strike...needs some work. #Smith-Corona #black #usa #Silent #1940s November 2025, started taking this apart at a Typewriter Repair-In - received some guidance from a fellow collector....but it's stalled as I don't have the right tool/technique/touch to get the segments linked back together with the typebars (who knows if I'm using the right words here) - I did buy the Repair Bible for floating shift machines so hopefully that will help me get this fella working again. 2.28.26 We hosted another mini repair-in and our resident expert, Mary, took Jack into her custody. Two days later, the machine is in perfect working order - see the link to her blog article detailing the repair process. #xyz-4s

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Jack Black after Mary fixed him up!
Jack Black after Mary fixed him up!

See the M key is wonky.
See the M key is wonky.

Front view.
Front view.

Under the hood - the lid does not stay up, it must be held open.
Under the hood - the lid does not stay up, it must be held open.

Paper supports up.
Paper supports up.

Right side keys and ribbon selector close up.
Right side keys and ribbon selector close up.

Left side keys close up.
Left side keys close up.

Rusty right ribbon spool and serial number close-up.
Rusty right ribbon spool and serial number close-up.

Left ribbon spool.
Left ribbon spool.

Type test.
Type test.

Case is not in good shape but it closes and stays closed.
Case is not in good shape but it closes and stays closed.

Type test after Mary fixed Jack.
Type test after Mary fixed Jack.

Hunter: Em Barnes (yarn8934)

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Started collecting in March 2021 when an Olympia SM3 caught my eye at a thrift store. By May 2021, I was up to nine. By September 2021, my husband jumped in to the pool with both feet and our collection grew to 37. Phew. By October 2022 we had 64. In 2023 we began attending and hosting events where we can share our collection with the community and other collectors. We've sold or given away over 40. Good times.


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