1952 Smith Corona Sterling #5A429157
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Crystal Carney (illarai)
Created: 09-09-2021 at 10:13AM
Last Edit: 10-27-2021 at 10:03AM
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Description:
When I bought this for $20 the guy selling it said he’d never used it. Sounded like he’d inherited it. The internal mechanisms were filthy and once cleaned it types like a dream. Super hard platen though.
It came to me in Coeur d Alene, ID from there as well. Labeling inside the ribbon cover and case state that it was sold or serviced at R.E. Kuykendall Office Machines in Abilene, TX.
Elite typeface.
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Hunter: Crystal Carney (illarai)
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I’m a mother, writer, editor, cosplayer, knitter, martial artist, reader, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, granddaughter, poet, black sheep, college graduate, artist, gamer, big damn browncoat, and typewriter tinkerer. There's little more satisfying than finding a typewriter in bad shape and bringing her back to life.
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