L C Smith Super Speed (1938)

L C Smith Super Speed
 
First year of production:  1938
 
Company:  L C Smith & Corona Typewriters, U.S.A
 
Serial No.  1416037
 
Before the Smith brothers helped change the world with typewriters, they manufactured firearms. Noticing that some of the mechanical processes and manufacturing techniques employed at the firearms factory mirrored those present in the emerging production of typewriters, Alexander T. Brown, an inventor working for the brothers, approached them with his own mechanical typewriter design.
 
In 1886, Lyman Cornelius (LC) Smith, Wilbert Smith, Hurlbut W. (HW) Smith, and Monroe C. Smith founded the Smith Premier Typewriter Company, in order to produce Brown's forward-thinking dual-case typewriter design.
 
The Smith brothers' typewriter business went through some reconfigurations and changes to its name in the decades that followed, and, in 1926, L. C. Smith & Bros. merged with the Corona Typewriter Company. The combination of LC Smith's durable office typewriters and Corona's popular portable machines made the new firm an industry leader and helped them to remain profitable even during the Great Depression.
 
History:
 
1887
Smith Brothers form the Smith Premier Typewriter Company.
 
1907
"L.C. Smith & Bros. Model No. 2", was released. Which was an odd beginning because, a full year later, they released the "Model No. 1".
 
1910
November 5, 1910 L.C. Smith passes away at the age of 60. A true American innovator and industrialist.
 
1914
Construction of the Smith Tower begins, one of the world's first skyscrapers in Seattle, Washington.
 
1942
During World War II, the company did its part to support the war effort. Producing bomb fuses, M1903-A3 bolt-action rifles, M-209 Hagelin-style portable cipher machines, ammunition, and most importantly, they continued to produce typewriters.
 
1957
First electric portables hit the market and are a huge hit of hollywood starlets and consumers alike.