| FALL JAMBOREE '98 |
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| Well,
the Fall 98 Northeast Typewriter Collectors
Jamboree was held on a chilly November 14th in Southboro
MA. There was a bakers dozen on hand from PA, NY, CT, MA
and RI, all prepared for a good time. From beginner to
advanced, all were engaged in spirited discussion and
trading. On hand for show & tell were a Coffman,
Postal 7, Boston, Hammond 2 retro-fit for the blind,
Nickeled Victor Index, Peoples, an early
graceful World, very low s/n Commercial
Visible, inventors model of the Morris type and a few
others! |
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| Something that was done at a meeting a few
years back was a Guess The Machine game!! We
thought we'd try it! 5 machines were under wraps for
attendees to touch and otherwise feel around, but there
was no peeking allowed! There were a few stumpers thrown
in, and the odds were on the side of the table. We took a
few machines of ours and had one from Dennis Clark and
another from Ron Ronzio, and no one got them all. Think
you could do it? Picture trying to guess these while
essentially blindfolded: Stearns, Harris Visible, Barlet,
understrike Fox #1 and a Shimer! It was fun to see the
determination on attendees faces while trying to figure
them out by investigating the subtleties of each machine
under wraps! |
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| How the attendees were greeted: Wave "Hello" Ron!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Available
for sale and trade were more than 3 dozen assorted
machines including a Densmore 2, World, Chinese
typewriter, Blick 7, featherweight Blick with a short
platen, Oliver 3, Hammond 12, a couple of early Caligraph
2s, a bevy of portables and many more. We hope everyone had as good a time being there as we did hosting it, and thanks to each of the attendees for coming! Mark your calendars for May 15th of 99 for the Spring Jamboree! Its at the end of Brimfield week, so if possible, come in a few days early and enjoy!! Chuck & Rich |
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| The Phantom Reporter calls in the HOT Jamboree story the old fashioned way!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||