1918 Woodstock No. 5
1918 Woodstock No. 5 $785.00
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The year this Woodstock came off the line marked the first time The Star-Spangled Banner was performed at a major league game. During the seventh-inning stretch of Game 1, the band began playing the song in tribute to American soldiers at war. A savvy reporter may have used a machine just like this to report on how more than 100 Chicago waiters were arrested for poisoning bad tippers. The Mickey Finn is most likely named after Michael “Mickey†Finn, the Lone Star Saloon and Palm Garden Restaurant manager, which operated from 1896 to 1903 in the Chicago Loop neighborhood on South State Street of Chicago. “Slipping someone a ‘Mickey' was named after this assault.
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As typical of typewriters of this age there are small areas of cosmetic wear. Please see all photos, blemishes do not impact the machine's operation or visual appeal.
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