Antique / Vintage Corona Hand Crank Adding Machine
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:25505 | Maker: Corona |
Featured Refinements: Vintage Adding Machine |
This item is an estate sale find. It seems to be all there, but I do not know if it is currently in operating condition. The hand crank and keys do operate. Ink ribbon is dried out. One grommet on the bottom is missing
RESEARCH SHOWS THIS MACHINE WAS MANUFACTURED IN CHICAGO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1924 AND 1928 The machine was designed by Glenn J. Barrett. A version of this machine was manufactured by the Corona Typewriter Company of Groton, New York. The Portab...le Adding Machine Company introduced the machine as the Portable in October 1924. That company began in Chicago and soon moved to New York. By 1928, the machine was sold as the Corona by the Corona Typewriter Company.