You can find out the exact details of the mystery typewriter if you know what to look for. ;)
Colon Mountain: Notice how the fields and houses continue right up it...haha
Looks like that Hammond probably wasn't worth over $300. Such price inflation! It was beside a $600 Oliver though...and across from a caseless $150 Corona 3.
200th Philosophothought post, begun March 2011, sent from our new Smith-Corona Skyriter and Royal Safari.
Wow! Your Royal Safari is such an enviable find!! I LOVE the script too! The case of the mystery typewriter is so familiar! I own a similar one, though I cannot recall which typewriter belongs in it as I display my typer sans case.
ReplyDeleteI am guessing perhaps an Olive Remington 5 with colored keys? My next guess would be a Smith Corona!
Warmest Regards,
Claudia Tan
I passed quite a few Safaris up and I'm glad because this was waiting for me!
DeleteOr maybe a Royal QDL or Olympia SM? Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteI say in the typecast that it's an "L C Smith & Corona", basically meaning it's either a Corona or Smith-Corona though the name at that point doesn't mean much. XD
DeleteThere's something about the case that indicates what is special about the typewriter inside.
Oh!! Oops, I didn't read the typecast carefully enough!! A special edition perhaps? Chrome/ghost typewriter?!
ReplyDeleteSorry if I'm way off, I'm not good at this at all! Hee hee...
Ah...the lower case F and he upper case B of that Royal are absolutely delicious. It's been a while since I've been so taken with a script typeface.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the find!
I'll be uploading a full type sample to the Typewriter Database in a day or two. :)
DeleteI agree. When I first saw it on a Montgomery Ward I was instantly captivated, and I'm not a big script fan either.
Hmm, odd color for a SC case (more Royal?). The case shape makes me think a Speedline. One clasp, a plastic molded handle and that color looks '49 to me; a late one then. Is it a late oddball Speedine, odd color with plastic keytops?
ReplyDeleteA riddle! :)
Definitely a Speedline! But not a late transition one.
DeleteI do have one of those last Speedlines with plastic keytops, and its case resembles the Super 5 series cases more, with the tweed-like covering.
Now this IS a riddle. The case is the hint, so it's not an arabic or other exotic machine. Given the almost greenish hue of the normally black case; is it one built during the war for government use??
DeleteMost puzzling :)
Errrrmmmmmm, I'm stumped.
ReplyDeleteMore reasons to like my favorite state in the Union: typewriters. I knew immediately when I saw the script it was a Royal Spencerian Script machine. That typeface is my favorite script. I cannot tell from the case. Royal Companion in a case nearly like that. Green case kind of reminds me of the Army, a Mill perhaps?
ReplyDeleteMontana definitely has been one of my favourites as well, ever since first visiting! Although it's too hot in the summer for me.
DeleteGood typeface identification! I was also confident it was Spencerian when I glanced at the typeslugs in the store.
That really is a wonderful typeface. Good find.
ReplyDeleteMy only Safari is a Spencerian script also. One of the better typefaces.
ReplyDeleteIs it a Sterling?