1955 Smith Corona "Eighty-Eight" Secretarial #88E4127090C15
Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Vandergucht (davidv)
Created: 01-23-2023 at 08:33PM
Last Edit: 01-24-2023 at 06:41PM
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Bought this one from someone locally. It needed thorough cleaning, reattachment of some springs, reattaching a link, rewinding the margin spring. The typewriter has some fun features. I enjoy the wide 14" carriage. The margins, while not officially "Magic Margins" (tm), sure seem magical. Then there's the fun end of page indicator. And, in the unlikely case that I need to type something using both dollars and pounds sterling, I'll have the symbols I need. I would prefer an exclamation mark instead of the pound symbol.
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Hunter: David Vandergucht (davidv)
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I'm a dad with young kids. I work as a lake ecologist. Some of my non-typewriter interests include: Calligraphy, fountain pens, letter writing, gardening, cycling.
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