It’s time for the 2025 typewriter giveaway!
Every year, I like to give away at least one typewriter, and it’s time for the 2025 giveaway! And for another year, I’ve found a Hunter Red Smith-Corona Galaxie as the giveaway typewriter.
What is it with these beautiful red machines? The Galaxie was manufactured by Smith-Corona from 1959, in various iterations, until 1980.
It’s a sturdy machine, a reliable workhorse typewriter, and not an unusual machine to find for sale.
Galaxies originally came in Apache Tan, Star-Mist Blue, Driftwood Gray, Spring Green, & Hunter Red
But of the five colors, Hunter Red was only manufactured for around a year.
It feels like an embarrassment of riches to find yet another of these red Smith-Coronas. But there was another one for sale on Facebook Marketplace, in the same area where I’d found several others.
So, last summer, I drove out to central Massachusetts from Boston and picked up this machine from its seller, Ray, and his wife, meeting at the iconic Big Bunny Market.
Ray had fond memories of using the typewriter for writing papers in high school. It had belonged to his grandmother and mother. He handed it over with some emotion, pointing to a note his wife had typed and left in the machine.
I assured them I’d find a good owner for this loved typewriter.
You have to love when a typewriter comes begging for a happy home.
Even before a thorough overhaul and cleaning, this machine looked good.
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But then Tom Furrier of Cambridge Typewriter gave the Galaxie a thorough clean and repair before the final closing of his store.
I’ll include a typewriter mat and some vintage paper.
The Galaxie comes in its original metal carrying case
Will include a non slip typewriter mat (left)
The 2025 Giveaway Typewriter - with 10 characters per inch Pica typeface
The earliest iteration of the Galaxie, before the SCM logo was added to the panel above the keys.
The giveaway is open to any Paper Blogging newsletter subscriber. I will ship the typewriter, well wrapped, or will deliver in person, if the winner is local.
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The Deadline
Comments accepted until Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, at midnight EST.
The Fine Print
One subscription and one entry per person. Your entry is not complete until you have subscribed and commented, answering both questions.
My decision is final. I reserve the right to change the giveaway in any way, for any reason.
I will do everything I can to pack the typewriter well. I cannot guarantee its safe arrival. Let’s all cross our fingers.
Not responsible for further repairs, parts, or subsequent typewriter addiction.
Results
The high tech jam jar of choosing
I’ll pull a winner at random from my trusty jam jar on May 14th, 2025 and announce the winner here and in a fresh blog post. If I don’t hear from the winner by May 16th, I’ll pull another name.
That’s it. Good luck!
Past Typewriter Giveaways
A Galaxie goes to Molly Ovenden, typewriter poet in Minnesota
And a red Galaxie sent to Sarah in Colorado, along with her appreciative cat
Want to read comments from a previous giveaway for inspiration? Check them out here.