March 26, 2017 · 1:03 pm
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Thrift Bonanza – c.195x

viewfinder 1955 Asahiflex

Asahiflex IIA – first SLR from Japan

viewfinder 1953 Rolleicord

Rolleicord IV

Smith Corona Silent Super 1955 – script type

the secret 1 key

P.S. here is an OCR attempted scan of the typed page 1 above:

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5 responses to “Thrift Bonanza – c.195x”

  1. Richard P
    March 26, 2017 at 2:59 pm

    Awesome script machine! And you are right, for the time being, anyway, it seems to be resistant to text recognition software.

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  2. T. Munk
    March 28, 2017 at 10:28 am

    Underwood called this “Vertical Script”, and it’s *usually* seen on old 1940’s Finger-Flites. It has been found on Lettera 22’s though, so finding it on a Smith-Corona isn’t surprising. Dealers would often re-type a machine with whatever typeface you wanted.

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  3. mojibacha
    May 1, 2021 at 1:26 am

    It’s been 6 years since this post, and I’m still searching for a vertical script machine! How have other fellow members strapped into the blog gone on without one such machine?

    Reply

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