Corona 4 Gold Panel (1935)

Corona 4 Gold Panel 
 
Year of production:  1935
 
Company:  L.C. Smith Corona Typewriters Ltd., Aldwych, London
 
This Corona Four model typewriter was originally manufactured by the Corona Typewriter Company Incorporated of Groton, New York around 1924.
 
The Corona Four had a smaller frame to allow portability. The Corona Four had 42 full size keys, a 10-inch carriage, a 2-color ribbon, and an accelerating type bar action.
 
The success of the Standard Typewriter Company’s Corona model typewriter prompted the company to change its named to the Corona Typewriting Company in 1914.
 
In 1926 the company joined with the L. C. Smith & Brothers Typewriting company to become Smith-Corona. Smith-Corona manufactured typewriters and typewriter accessories throughout the 20th century, becoming Smith Corona Marchant in 1958.
 
Production of the four bank Corona portables commenced in 1924 and continued right up until the Second World War .
 
After two bankruptcies, Smith-Corona returned to operation in 2010 as a thermal paper manufacturing company.