1959 Smith Corona Electric Portable #5TE188407
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Paul Nixon (pcnix)
Created: 05-11-2022 at 02:50PM
Last Edit: 05-11-2022 at 11:14PM
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Description:
This is a beautiful "Alpine Blue" machine that's probably my current favorite typer. Found in a thrift shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Hunter: Paul Nixon (pcnix)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 69
My interest in typewriters began (in earnest) at the beginning of 2020, when my sister gave me for my birthday a Smith Corona Riviera like she used to have in college. I used to play around on it when I was a kid. Now I have five typewriters, including a Hermes Rocket, a Royal Safari, a 1949 Smith-Corona Skyriter, and a Smith-Corona Silent. My most prized one, however, is my dad's 1964 Underwood Touch Master Five that I was able clean and resurrect.
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