PLEASE NOTE THIS SPOOL IS 2 INCHES WIDE This is a High Quality black and red typewriter ribbon that will fit Smith-Corona typewriters listed below. It comes with 2 plastic spools. The ribbon is 1/2 inch wide. The ribbon is 12 yds long. Centre hole is 4mm. PLEASE NOTE THIS SPOOL IS 2 INCHES WIDE
Fits the following models:
Ribbon material: nylon
Ribbon color: black and red
Spool diameter: 2 inches (50mm)
Ribbon width: 1/2 inches (12.7mm)
Centre hole: 4mm
Some interesting information: The company originated in 1886, when the Smith Premier Typewriter Company was established by brothers; Lyman Cornelius Smith, Wilbert Smith, Monroe C. Smith and Hurlburt Smith. The brothers created the first machine to use both uppercase and lowercase letters. This was accomplished with a unique feature that made use of a double keyboard. The advertisements "cunningly boasted" that there was "a key for every character!" It is said that Theodore Roosevelt took a Model #2 with him on a big game hunting trip to Africa. In 1926 just twenty-three years after the original company was founded by the Smith Brothers, a merger took place with the Corona Typewriter Company, and L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc., was formed. (The name “Corona” was selected for the folding typewriter, because it was derived from a Latin word meaning crown and implying leadership). The Corona portable retained sales leadership through the entire history of portable typewriters. In 1995 Smith-Corona filed for bankruptcy and new management took over. Now they are known as SCM (Smith-Corona Marchant).