1959 Smith Corona Electric Portable #5TE 214311
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ryan Sutter (Ranjuro)
Created: 02-06-2021 at 03:56PM
Last Edit: 12-08-2021 at 09:42PM
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Description:
Purchased from an estate sale as part of a lot that included a fishing tackle box, a stack of DVDs, a bunch of AV cables, a Gateway digital camera, and a Hewlett-Packard financial pocket calculator for a grand total of $11. When I brought it home, nothing worked, but I got it sorted and now it's working perfectly and looking good. Such a beautiful little machine.
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Hunter: Ryan Sutter (Ranjuro)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 110
I am a musician, a software engineer, a writer, and a dabbler at just about everything and anything. I have a particular passion for tools of creativity and the way the physical experience alters the resulting work be it the feel of a particular guitar, fountain pen, keyboard, or, obviously, a typewriter. I don't have a huge typewriter collection but I always have my eyes open for new machines that strike my fancy. I have a weakness for Olivettis. My first typewriter was a Remington Quiet-Riter that I bought in the fourth grade so I could be like H. G. Wells. Over the years I have owned a few machines but now that I have the space to indulge, I have a few more. I live in rural Minnesota with my wife, our four rescue dogs, and two cats.
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