Once you start hunting for typewriters it's hard to stop, even when you are vacationing in Asheville, NC. Asheville has a terrific arts scene with some typewriter images and typewriter theater!
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| Patricia's work can be found in an old Woolworth's store converted into an art gallery. |
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| Walter's work, The Art of Abandonment, had many cool images including this Fox. |
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| Sweeten Creek Antiques had SO MANY typewriters! |
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| Child's Sears Typewriter |
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| Underwood 5 with some cool tab stops |
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| I imagine these are accounting tab stops. |
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| Hermes 2000 for $40 but, alas, no ribbon cover. |
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| Here we have the common SC Sterling for about $45 |
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| A Royal Aristocrat barely hanging in there with a bent ribbon cover for about $40. I couldn't help but unjam the keys before I walked on. |
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| An accounting Underwood. |
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| Remington 3 or 4, not quite sure. Nice machine for $75. |
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| An Underwood 3 which looks like the Underwood I just acquired for about $85. |
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| Smith Corona Flat-Top for $85. |
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| A Smith Corona Standard for $75 |
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I noticed something different about this Speedline when I looked at the keyboard. Do you see it too? Post your guess about what made this Smith-Corona special in the comments below.
So, I ended up leaving all of these typewriters in North Carolina. Which one might you have taken home? Did you guess what made the Corona Speedline special?
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it's a mill?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ted. It's a mill, slashed 0 and the ampesand and underscore are reversed from most machines. Did you test type on it? I'd have picked that one up in a heartbeat. No many of those around compared to Royal & Underwood.
ReplyDeleteThis was fun! How much was that mill??
ReplyDeleteThanks, Asheville is a really fun city if you haven't visited. The mill it was just $75
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