1958 Hermes Rocket #5620632
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Heather Hjorth (Weaklink)
Created: 06-29-2023 at 08:18PM
Last Edit: 06-29-2023 at 08:26PM
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Description:
I love this sleek little portable - and it is in 'seafoam green'! The fact that this machine is relatively common does not take away from my joy operating its shiny green keys. With its sleek aluminium case and celery colored celluloid handle, it is elegant and has lived a well protected life. Made in 1958, this marvelous Swiss made machine still functions perfectly today.
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Hunter: Heather Hjorth (Weaklink)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 307
I collect a variety of mechanical marvels including accordions, pump organs, and typewriters. In addition to collecting, I enjoy cleaning the machines and learning to perform basic repairs.
My typewriter collection began with a 1950s-era Underwood DeLuxe, purchased in the 1990s. Several decades passed before the typewriter bug bit again. Now I live surrounded by a small army of manual machines, including a Blickenderfer No. 7, a tiny 3 bank Underwood (1923), a Smith-Corona Clipper, a handful of Remingtons, and others.
Typewriters let me commune with the memory of my mother. Mum was an amazing typist - a legal secretary at a white-shoe NYC law firm who could accurately type over 100 wpm. Later in life, she taught middle school - many subjects - but typing was her favorite. Unlike teaching English, there was no pile of unpaid papers to grade. Prior to the advent of word processors, her last typewriter was a hulking beast of an IBM Selectric.
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