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The merged company made office machines in Syracuse and portable typewriters in Groton. merged with Groton-based Corona Typewriter Company to become L.C. Washington Street in Syracuse, doubled in size. Smith & Bros Typewriter Company.The company became tremendously successful, and by 1911, the manufacturing plant, located at 701 E. Recognizing the potential of far greater financial rewards by making and selling typewriters, Smith sold the shotgun factory in 1889 and poured additional capital into the new Smith Premier Typewriter Company. Brown’s tinkering led to him creating the Smith Premier typewriter in 1886, the first typewriter to print both upper and lower case letters.
While experiencing a financial windfall with his shotgun, Smith allowed Brown to experiment with a recently developed typing machine. Smith breech-loading shotgun, which became a very popular firearm and made the company a great business success. One of Smith’s employees, the brilliant and entrepreneurial Alexander T. Smith, Maker of the Baker Gun, Syracuse, NY. Lymon stayed in Syracuse and continued making the Baker shotgun with his brother Wilbert, under the name, L.C.
Baker and Co.Three years later, Baker and Leroy Smith left the company and went to Ithaca to establish the Ithaca Gun Co. Lymon Smith, who moved to Syracuse from Lisle (Broome County), NY, founded a shotgun factory with his brother Leroy and a talented gun designer, William Baker, in 1877, known as W.H. But the Smith brothers’ rise to become one of the largest typewriter companies in the world started in a rather unconventional manner. Four Smith brothers – Lymon C., Wilbert L., Monroe C., and Hurlburt W. Smith & Brothers Typewriter Company:At the turn of the 20th century, along with being known as the Salt City, Syracuse was also known as the Typewriter City, because typewriter factories were a common sight throughout the city. Now, the location is the site of the Center of Excellence building.More about The L.C. The company stayed on this site until 1962 when it was replaced with an office building called Midtown Plaza that housed Onondaga Community College for a decade. Woodruff had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of New York State under three different governors (the only person in NYS history to do so), including Theodore Roosevelt. Woodruff was selected as president of the company. Smith & Brothers Typewriter Company bought a Washington and Almond Street site for their factory. Smith & Brothers Typewriter Company On February 10th, 1903, The L.C. Smith & Brothers Typewriter Company Purchases Site for Syracuse Factory The L.C. Smith Corona Typewriter Co Super Speed Silent Rare #12 Wide CarriageToday in History: L.C. Smith Silent Super Speed #S1471465-11Status: My Collection Created: 04-18-2020 at 08:04PMLast Edit: 04-18-2020 at 08:04PM eBay Item: 254775251956Antique Typewriter L C Smith & Corona Super Speed Silent #12 Wide Carriage 1938This is an Outstanding Antique TypewriterL. Smith Silent Super Speed #S1471465-11Similar - Internet Search: L.C. Vintage LC Smith Typewriter(pre-SmithCorona)in good shapeSerial #1359249 B 11Definitely needs refurbishment - If not a real good cleaning and a place on your shelf#Vintage #LCSmith #Typewriter #SmithCorona #LCSmithTypewriter #SmithCoronaTypewriter #SilentSuperSpeed #Silent #SuperSpeedSimilar - Internet Search: L.C.
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