Either this machine was made before the company's merger with L.C. It may be a vey "common" machine, but its ingenious design and historical significance should give it a place in every typewriter enthusiast's collection.ġ924 was the first year of production for the Four. The X-C allowed the operator to configure any one of four special keys to be "dead" (striking a "dead" key does not move the carriage), and the XC-D came with all four of the keys dead by default. The X model added two more keys, for a total of 30. The very last iteration, the one that may be of most interest to the collector besides the pre-1914 model, was the X-C / XC-D model. The Improved model also did away with the "3" designation on the front. Around 1923, the "Improved" #3 added a set of right-hand shift keys and a widened platen. Very very early ones are labeled Standard Typewriter Company, as the company did not change its name to Corona until 1914. The very earliest have individually hung typebars, while later ones (such as the one above) have a traditional slotted segment. There are several minor variations of the #3.
When the #4 was introduced in 1924, Corona began offering $50 rebates on the #3 and produced a line of Specials which came in red, green, and blue. It was frequently copied by competitors, resulting in a number of patent infringement lawsuits. With over 700,000 built between 19, it was and remains a very popular machine. This little cutie's platen folded down and over the keyboard to fit in its case. At some point, it ended up being sold to the father of a teenage girl at a shop in Rochester, MN. 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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