I found this beauty of an old typewriter today on the flea market. Years ago I had seen another one, and my sweetheart talked me out of buying it, because we have so little space in our house, but I regretted it until today when I bought this one :-)
It is extremely heavy, around 25 kg, and we sweat while we carried it to the car :-)
I looked it up on the net, it was manufactured around 1929
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salbug00 38 months ago | reply
Love it!
sesibone 37 months ago | reply
This sure is a very nice looking machine, I bet your were so elated to have found it and have a second chance to finally have it. Thank you for sharing Valeriana (pretty name) Solaris.
AJM at Chichester 32 months ago | reply
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gordonbarker316 17 months ago | reply
Hi there I served an apprenticeship as a Typewrter Mechanic from 1956 to 1961 and am now nearly 71! These machines were the most reliable and had the best writing line alignement of any other machines than the new Olympia SG1 or the Adler Special. Imperial, Royal, Underwood, Remington Olivetti and all the other dross were a real pile of junk compared to these quality old machine. Been looking for one myself for ages. Take care of it Gordon