The top machine was actually rebuilt at least twice: once by the Typewriter Cleaning and Rebuilding Company (housed in the same Boston Block suite that was once the club room of the Minneapolis Chess, Checker, and Whist Club), and again by the American Typewriter Co (now a Chinese restaurant). Just an example of how appearances can be deceiving. This is because they were rebuilt after the merger and given new decals bearing the new company name. Smith's merger with Corona, both bear the L.C. The strange double spacebar arrangement has also been consolidated down to a single, centered spacebar.Īlthough both of these #8s were built prior to L.C. Notice that the No.1's ornate, nickel-plated sides are gone, replaced by plain, pinstriped sheet metal.
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