My Vintage Typewriter

I have always been enchanted by vintage objects that conjure sentimental nostalgia for bygone eras. Today I am writing about my vintage find from a local thrift store ~ a 1920s portable Corona typewriter.  

This was a popular typewriter in the early 1900s and it was built in America by the Standard Typewriter Company.  In 1926, the company changed its name to Smith Corona, which became one of the largest producers of word processing equipment in the world.  This vintage model would have included a black carrying case, but that missing piece didn't sway me from rescuing this 100 year old typewriter from a lonely existence on a shelf in a thrift store.  Its design and craftsmanship is beautiful, but it is surprisingly heavy for a small typewriter because it is made of solid metal parts ~ nothing plastic on this machine. 

I wonder about the people who may have used this typewriter during the last 100 years.....was it a local school teacher or someone who immigrated to America from a distant country.....or maybe it belonged to a Hollywood screenwriter, a newspaper journalist, or a suffragette?  I'll never know, but it is fun to imagine.  

For now, its new home is with me.