1971 Sears Portable #1572280
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 04-17-2026 at 02:07PM
Last Edit: 04-17-2026 at 03:11PM
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Description:
These show up in the Spring/Summer catalog in 1972 alongside the Malibu and Chevron. Whereas those higher-priced models were junk, this is actually a solid typer.
See the Sears Manual 1 for the more feature-rich version of this mechanism.
They were very much going for the Olympia Traveller look.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to any one area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.
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