RARE AND UNUSUAL YOST #1 ANTIQUE TYPEWRITER WITH DBL KEYBOARD AND BLIND PRINTING For Sale
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RARE AND UNUSUAL YOST #1 ANTIQUE TYPEWRITER WITH DBL KEYBOARD AND BLIND PRINTING
Price: US $525.00
HERE IS A RARE #1 YOST TYPEWRITER. THIS MACHINE PRINTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RUBBER PLATEN, HIDING THE PRINT UNTIL EITHER THE PLATEN IS RAISED UP, OR THE TYPE ADVANCES AFTER SEVERAL LINES HAVE PRINTED. ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUSAL FEATURES OF THE MACHINE IS IT\'S USE OF AN \"INK PAD\" INSTEAD OF A RIBBON. THE TYPE FACE REST ON THE INK PAD UNTIL IT IS NEEDED TO PRINT IT\'S CHARACTER, AND THEN, HAVING LAID ON THEWETINK PAD, IT IS WET WITH INK AND TRANSFERS IT\'S IMAGE ONTO THE TYPING PAPER.
THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THIS MACHINE IS AN EARLY 3470. IT IS VERY DIRTY AND IT IS SLUGGISH TO OPERATE. IT WILL NEED CLEANED IF ONE DESIRES TO TYPE ON IT. THE PLATEN IS HARD, BUT NOT CRACKED OR ROTTING. THE ONLY PROBLEM I CAN FIEND IS THAT IT IS MISSING IT\'S LITTLE POINTER THAT ATTACHES TO THE FTONT OF THE CARRIAGE.
THIS MACHINE WILL COME IN A DOUBLE WALLED BOX MEASURING 21X21X17 INCHESAND WEIGHING 22 POUNDS. IT WILL BE SHIPPED FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87110. NEW MEXICO IS THE STATE SANDWICHED BETWEEN TEXAS AND ARIZONA.
