1975 Olympia SM8 #4887712
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Andrew White (AndrewWhite)
Created: 07-11-2025 at 03:50AM
Last Edit: 07-11-2025 at 03:52AM
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Description:
This particular machine was given to me by a family friend who bought it in the 1970s when she had just started working as a primary school teacher. Her son also remembered writing school reports on it during high school. It was in very good condition, well looked after. Just needed a light cleaning and a new ribbon.
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Hunter: Andrew White (AndrewWhite)
Andrew White's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 54
I'm a graphic designer and printer by trade, living just outside of Newcastle, Australia but I grew up on a sheep farm in central New South Wales. Just down here tinkering with typewriters, drawing pictures, growing veggies in the back garden and hanging out with my fiance and our three cats.
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