Apparently, a Cole-Steel with the serial number 3-149323 was sold on March 21, 1960. My Cole-Steel has a serial number of 3-143335. Because the Cole-Steel was popular in Germany, and relatively popular in the United States, I think it is a reasonable assumption that my Cole-Steel was sold in 1960. Because it is a later model, it could have been sold by Burt Typewriter, at 1204 Second Avenue (demolished in the 1980s for the Washington Mutual Tower).
This ad appeared in The Seattle Times, on December 16, 1959. |