We’ll buy back your Typewriter ... for Uncle Sam!

My poster collection is becoming grander and more interesting! In the past, I've written blogs about some of the more obscure posters I've collected from my local bookstore, Reader's Corner. These blogs covered topics like one of the earliest flight simulators used during World War II and the Addressograph, a machine that automatically imprinted names, addresses, or other information on envelopes or forms, somewhat similar to what Xerox later offered.

The poster is about a Smith-Corona Typewriter Service offering to buy back typewriters for the U.S. government due to a typewriter shortage during the war. The poster's description states the following:

What's fascinating is that Smith-Corona is still in existence today. Wikipedia provides a great overview of how they have managed to adapt through several millennia of innovation:

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