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************************************************************************** 1970 PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS P I C T U R E G A L L E R Y ************************************************************************** |
SMITH-CORONA »CLASSIC-12« PORTABLE ( Accommodates 11" Wide Papers ) SN = 6LTV-446310H SMITH-CORONA (1978) Syracuse, NY / USA US QWERTY keyboard elite 12 cpi; 132 cpl black/red ribbon free setting tabs »Power Space« key w. metal case 20 lbs ; 9 kg Back to the SCM »GALAXY« ... Back to the Typewriter Overview |
HISTORICAL REMARKS: ********************************************************************** based on the book of W.A.Beeching »Typewriter« (1974) The story of SMITH-CORONA begins 1876 with Alexander Brown, a talented designer. He had seen a typewriter at an exhibition and convinced he could build a better one. Soon after this he was visited from the Smith brothers who wanted help in re-designing a gun for their Smith factory in Syracuse / USA. He did it and also he interested the Smith brothers in financing the production of a new and better typewriter. It became a success and the Smith brothers discontinued gun-making and founded the SMITH-PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO. what later was L.C.SMITH & BROSS. TYPEWRITER CO. OF SYRACUSE. The features of their 1904 model became the standard in future office machines. In 1926 L.C.SMITH merged with CORONA who was leader in making portable typewriters. In 1955 SMITH-CORONA made an electric office typewriter with features ahead of competitors. In 1958 they merged with MARCHANT CALCULATORS forming SMITH-CORONA-MARCHANT INC. ( = SCM ) and became one of the world leading corporation for office machinery. impressum: ********************************************************************** © C.HAMANN http://public.BHT-Berlin.de/hamann 11/22/08 |