

Overall: 4 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in 11.43 cm x 31. Corona LC Smith (black) Royal Epoch Portable (black) Silver Reed Silverette 2 (blue) Smith Corona Corsair (turquoise) Mettoy Traveller (green) What is a Royal manual typewriter worth Royal Portables Generally portables from the 1920s-1940s are worth between 500-800 and portables from the 1950s-1970s are worth anywhere between 200-600. After two bankruptcies, Smith Corona returned to operation in 2010 as a thermal paper manufacturing company. We invite you to try it outuse it to record thoughts you would like to convey to the librarypoems, haikus, ideas, or whatever is on your mind. 1915-25, and belongs to Mann Library.Please treat it with respect. Smith Corona manufactured typewriters and typewriter accessories throughout the 20th century, becoming Smith Corona Marchant in 1958. Yes, this typewriter works It is an antique, ca. and so while this is not a machine I would classify as rare or. The Woodstock was a notable competitor in the typewriter market, however the company never seemed to have nearly as much success as the other big name-brand typewriter manufacturers of the same era, such as Royal, Underwood, LC Smith & Corona, etc. Smith & Brothers Typewriting company to become Smith Corona. Up for sale is an interesting Woodstock No. The success of the Standard Typewriter Company’s Corona model typewriter prompted the company to change its named to the Corona Typewriting Company in 1914. This nylon ribbon set the bar for many early typewriters both standard upright, and portable. This ribbon fits the early LC Smith and SCM Standard Office Typewriter. This typewriter is rare, as the Great Depression made an extra fee for a child’s keyboard difficult for many families to afford. This is a inch wide, black, or black and red, nylon ribbon on a 2 3/8 diameter spool. Each ring had the image of an animal that corresponded with an animal on the key-you hit the bear with the finger that had the bear ring, the rabbit with the finger that bore the rabbit ring, the spacebar with the thumb that bore the elephant ring, etc.
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The keyboard was designed to help teach children how to type, and came with a set of nine rings, four on each hand and one on the thumb. This special keyboard was available on three different models of Corona’s -the Silent, the Sterling, and the Standard-for a $2.25 charge. This typewriter has an interesting variation on the standard QWERTY keyboard, as each key has an image of an animal, along with the alphabetical character.

Smith & Corona Typewriters Incorporated of Syracuse, New York around 1935. The Model 4 continued to be made until 1941. On the other hand, most post-war machines are not nearly as uncommon and collectible. Some can be worth 100-1,000 depending on what it is. This Corona Standard typewriter was produced by L.C. typewriter smith corona profile portable w case sold as seen. If you have a war-machine on your hands, you not only have a piece of history, but perhaps a rather valuable typewriter.
