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My Own Collection

I've been collecting typewriters in earnest since the spring of 1994. Here's a list of machines from my collection, in chronological order by date of manufacture. Click on the small image or the name of the typewriter to see a larger image. —Richard Polt

Some terminology




Collection List

  1. Sholes & Glidden #A1119 (USA, ca. 1874) -- understroke, capitals only. Originator of the QWERTY keyboard, the Remington Typewriter Company, and the worldwide typewriter industry. This machine was remodeled and repainted black at the factory.
  2. Hammond 1 #10892 (USA, ca. 1889) -- curved two-bank non-QWERTY keyboard, type shuttle (read about my restoration of this machine here and read about Hammonds here)
  3. Crandall New Model #3715 (USA, ca. 1889) -- curved two-bank non-QWERTY keyboard, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
  4. National #1295 (USA, ca. 1890) -- understroke, three-bank, curved keyboard (large-spacebar model with spacebar missing)
  5. Densmore, first model ("1a") #1501 (USA, ca. 1892) -- understroke
  6. Yost No. 4 #51801 (USA, ca. 1895) -- full keyboard, understroke, ink pad inking (read about Yosts here)
  7. Smith Premier No. 1 #33506 (USA, ca. 1895) -- full keyboard, understroke
  8. Odell no. 2, no serial number (USA, ca. 1895) -- linear index, with checkwriting type and regular type
  9. Peerless #4034 (USA, ca. 1896) -- full-keyboard understroke
  10. Williams No. 2 #10612 (USA, 1896) -- grasshopper, three-bank (read about Williams here)
  11. Granville Automatic #5795 (USA, 1896) -- thrust action
  12. New Franklin #5509 (USA, 1896) -- downstroke from the front, curved three-bank keyboard (read about Franklins here)
  13. Williams No. 4 #17114 (USA, 1900) -- grasshopper, four-bank (read about Williams here)
  14. Crandall Visible no. 4 #51767 (USA, ca. 1900) -- three-bank, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
  15. Sholes visible #4004 (USA, ca. 1901) -- frontstroke with typebars aligned in two rows
  16. Underwood No. 1 #12880-1 (USA, ca. 1901) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about Underwoods here)
  17. Fay-Sho No. 4 #4817 (USA, ca. 1901) -- "bronze" understroke (actually copper plated) with neoclassical design
  18. Moya no. 1 #1138 (UK, ca. 1902) -- three-bank, type cylinder
  19. Blickensderfer No. 5 #71678 (USA, 1902) -- typewheel, Scientific Polish keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  20. Smith Premier No. 2 #77492 (USA, 1902) -- full keyboard, understroke
  21. Pittsburg No. 10 #14766 (USA, ca. 1902) -- successor to the Daugherty, the first successful frontstroke typewriter
  22. Postal 5 #25892 (USA, 1904) -- three-bank, typewheel
  23. Monarch no. 2 #437 (USA, 1904)
  24. Ideal A3 #19616 (Germany, 1904) -- oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side    
  25. Moya no. 2 #3324 (UK, ca. 1905) -- three-bank, type cylinder
  26. Sun Standard No. 2 #16044 (USA, ca. 1905) -- 3-bank frontstroke, ink roller
  27. Royal Bar-Lock shift-key model #6610 (England, ca. 1905) -- rare shift version of the Bar-Lock
  28. Fox No. 3 #A7774/14731 (USA, ca. 1905) -- understroke (read about Foxes here)
  29. Fox No. 23 #05619/31619 (USA, ca. 1906) -- frontstroke (read about Foxes here)
  30. L.C. Smith No. 2 #19901-2 (USA, 1907) -- frontstroke
  31. Blickensderfer No. 8 #141296 (USA, 1908) -- three-bank, typewheel, aluminum
  32. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter, no serial number (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter (read about the Yetman here)
  33. Salter 10 #15477 (England, 1908) -- three-bank, downstroke from the front
  34. Yost no. 15 #032041 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, grasshopper
  35. Columbia Bar-Lock No. 14 #163655 (USA, 1910) -- full keyboard, downstroke from front
  36. Blickensderfer no. 7 #148967 (USA, 1910) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  37. Emerson no. 3 #8367 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, typebars swing in from the sides (read about Emersons here)
  38. Harry A. Smith no. 6 #7447 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, relabeled Victor (read about Victors on Will Davis' site)
  39. Kanclér no. 3 #8859 (Germany, ca. 1910) -- Czech version of the Kanzler
  40. Standard Folding #11595 (USA, ca. 1910) -- aluminum portable with folding carriage
  41. Erika #3032 (Germany, ca. 1910) -- portable with folding carriage
  42. Harris Visible No. 4 #14936 (USA, 1911) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about the Harris on Will Davis' site)
  43. Royal No. 5 #113790-5 (USA, 1912) -- frontstroke, "flatbed" design
  44. Blickensderfer no. 6 #160030 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel; aluminum
  45. Oliver No. 5 #386425 (USA, ca. 1912) -- nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
  46. L. C. Smith no. 5 #196236-5 (USA, 1913) -- nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
  47. Secor No. 2 #5380 (USA, ca. 1913) -- frontstroke with decimal tabulator
  48. Rapid No. 10 #35921 (USA, ca. 1913) -- name variant of the Fox 23
  49. Oliver 9 #886730 (USA, 1915) -- U-shaped typebars, downstroke from the side (read about this machine here)
  50. Chicago #73715 (USA, ca. 1915) -- horizontal type cylinder, 3-bank keyboard
  51. Hammond Multiplex #AL212054 (USA, ca. 1915) -- 3-bank type-shuttle machine, green
  52. Aztec #56191 (USA, ca. 1915) -- relabeled Pittsburg, Spanish keyboard (story in ETCetera no. 85)
  53. Home Blickensderfer #170020 (USA, ca. 1915) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard
  54. Visigraph #13807 (USA, ca. 1915) -- frontstroke
  55. Blickensderfer no. 9 #186280 (USA, 1916) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this machine here)
  56. Fox portable no. 1 #5221 (USA, ca. 1917) (read about Foxes here)
  57. Fox portable no. 2 #10017 (USA, ca. 1918) (read about Foxes here)
  58. Molle no. 3 #2590 (USA, 1918) -- frontstroke, three-bank (read about this machine here)
  59. Century 10 #HS90099 (USA, June 1919) -- frontstroke, three-bank
  60. Helios-Klimax #13660 (Germany, ca. 1919) -- two-bank, triple shift, typewheel, Spanish keyboard
  61. Blick Ninety #E-1156 (USA, 1919) -- portable with exchangeable typebasket
  62. Victor no. 10 #54668 (USA, ca. 1920) -- four-bank frontstroke
  63. Imperial D Portable #60790 (base) / #60350 (keyboard) (England, ca. 1920) -- three-bank downstroke
  64. Noiseless no. 4 #42041 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank thrust-action quiet typewriter with metal platen (photo awaiting restoration)
  65. Portex No. 5 #19417 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable
  66. Adji Såkå #2804 (Germany, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable, name variant of the Meteor
  67. Fox Sterling #S12688 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable, Spanish keyboard (read about Foxes here)
  68. Remington Portable no. 1 #NM10936 (USA, Feb. 1921) (read about this model here)
  69. Remington Portable no. 1 #NM11229 (USA, Feb. 1921) -- black/gold paint, possibly repainted (read about this model here)
  70. Noiseless portable #92 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  71. Carmen #3175 (Germany, 1921) -- 3-bank
  72. Unda #1322 (Austria, 1921) -- 3-bank
  73. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #12408 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (earlier design, patent pending)
  74. Corona No. 3 #584594 (USA, 1922) -- frontstroke; carriage folds down onto keyboard
  75. Hesperia #74A (Italy, 1922) -- frontstroke
  76. Gourland #1533 (USA, ca. 1922) -- four-bank portable
  77. Hammond Folding Multiplex #F244370G2 (USA, 1923) -- 3 bank type-shuttle machine, keyboard folds up
  78. Oliver L-12 #1018364 (USA, 1923) -- three-bank, downstroke from the side, nickel plated, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
  79. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #82370 (USA, 1923) -- three-bank frontstroke
  80. Dayton #AX93 (USA, 1924) -- four-bank portable (story in ETCetera no. 85)
  81. Simplex Practical Number 200 (USA, between 1924 and 1932) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  82. Monica No. 1 #825 (Germany, 1924) -- mid-sized frontstroke
  83. Underwood No. 5 #2096819-5 (USA, 1925) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  84. Woodstock Electrite #E11-39705 (USA, ca. 1925) -- electric
  85. Stoewer Elite #E42713 (Germany, ca. 1925) -- three-bank portable, Hungarian keyboard, sold in Prague
  86. Neya #31679 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- three-bank portable
  87. Bing No. 2 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- oblique frontstroke, "educational" typewriter
  88. Merz No. 2 #6049 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- Bulgarian keyboard
  89. Erika no. 5 #30074/30045 (Germanyca. 1928) -- portable
  90. Rem-Blick #KX80608 (USA, May 1928) -- typewheel (read about this machine here)
  91. Corona 4 #S4M02555 (USA, 1928) -- "Mountain Ash Scarlet" finish
  92. Oliver 11 #1016985 (USA, ca. 1928)
  93. Diamant 28 #16545 (Germany, ca. 1928) -- portable with large vertical segment
  94. Remington 92 #Z155356 (USA, April 1929) -- Hebrew version of the no. 12
  95. Underwood Portable #458501 (USA, 1929) -- Ukrainian keyboard
  96. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #210944 (USA, 1929) -- three-bank frontstroke, green marble paint
  97. Senta no. 4 #48051 (Germany, ca. 1929) -- four-bank portable
  98. Electric Braille prototype (USA, ca. 1930) -- based on a Woodstock no. 5, inventor and constructor unknown (story in ETCetera no. 77)
  99. Demountable no. 2 #146958 (USA, ca. 1930) -- frontstroke, easy to dismantle (read about the Demountable on Will Davis' site)
  100. Stoewer #123759 (Germany, ca. 1930) -- four-bank portable
  101. Barr #P13796 (USA, ca. 1930) -- portable, blue (read about the Barr on Will Davis' site)
  102. Barr Special #P16230 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, black 
  103. Barr Universal #C2U658 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, maroon
  104. Rheinmetall portable #30561 (Germany, 1931)
  105. Japy V #14563 (France, 1931) -- four-bank portable, German keyboard
  106. Torpedo portable #141322 (Germany, 1931) -- Cyrillic keyboard, exported (to Mongolia?) by Wostwag, a Soviet front company based in Berlin and Ulan Bator
  107. Oliver portable #68119 (Italy, 1932) -- woodgrain
  108. Masspro #002707 (USA, 1932) -- three-bank small portable
  109. Monarch Pioneer #S24372 (USA, August 1932) -- capitals-only portable, green (read about this model here)
  110. Remington Noiseless Junior #B10403 (USA, Sept. 1933) (read about this model here)
  111. Underwood #622556 (USA, 1933?) -- identical to Remington Noiseless Junior
  112. Remington Noiseless Portable #N41852 (two-tone green) (USA, Dec. 1933) (read about this model here)
  113. Burroughs #50A5748 (USA, 1933)
  114. Royal Signet #E3266 (USA, ca. 1933) -- capitals-only portable
  115. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #5907 (Italy, 1933) -- black, Belgian keyboard
  116. Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H31240 (USA, Sept. 1934) -- two-tone green
  117. Imperial Good Companion #AC273 (England, 1935) -- portable, Swedish keyboard
  118. Remington 3B #C104412 (USA, Nov. 1935) (read about this model here)
  119. Royal Junior #J52398 (USA, 1935) -- Greek keyboard
  120. Corona Silent #1S16478 (USA, 1935) -- portable, maroon
  121. Marx Dial, no serial number (USA, ca. 1935) -- circular index, toy
  122. Tachotype #40196 (Netherlands, ca. 1935) -- stenotype (read about this machine on Frank Notten's blog)
  123. Remington Rand Model 1 #P49630 (USA, Jan. 1936) (read about this model here)
  124. Remington 9 #F13383 (USA, February 1936) (read about this model here)
  125. Monarch #C60782 (USA, April 1936) -- name variant of the Remington Compact portable (read about this model here)
  126. Tip Tip #5606 (Czechoslovakia, 1936) -- grid index, type cylinder
  127. Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H49561 (USA, Jan. 1937) -- my first typewriter (read about this model here)
  128. Remington Victor S Portable #VV909435 (UK assembled from US parts, ca. 1937) -- British version of the streamlined #5 portable (read about this model here)
  129. Underwood Noiseless 77 #930677 (maroon) (USA, Sept. 1937) (read about this model here)
  130. Remington Noiseless 8 #E36907 (USA, Oct. 1937) (read about this model here)
  131. Rem Rand Pioneer #C109305 (USA, Oct. 1937) -- caps only
  132. Mercedes Superba #85747 (Germany, 1937) -- portable with noise-reducing typebar cover
  133. Patria #18062 (Switzerland, ca. 1937) -- portable
  134. Varityper #409600-9 (USA, ca. 1937) -- three-bank, type shuttle, electric

  136. Monarch 101 #A10076 (USA, Dec. 1937) -- office-sized machine with noiseless portable mechanism, made by American Writing Machine Co. (actually Remington) (read about this model here)
  137. Rooy Intermédiaire 28 #301088 (France, 1938) -- ivory paint

  139. Corona Sterling #2A51871 (USA, 1938) -- streamlined, maroon
  140. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #58541 (Italy, 1938) -- red
  141. Continental #R257169 (Germany, 1938) -- four-bank portable
  142. Hermes Baby #171163 (Switzerland, 1938) -- Czech keyboard
  143. L. C. Smith Super-Speed #1452332-11 (USA, 1938)
  144. Bar-Lock portable #2501 (UK, 1938)
  145. Harrods #54904 (Italy, 1938) -- name variant of the Olivetti MP1 portable, sold by Harrods in London
  146. Remington Noiseless Portable #N125431 (USA, March 1938) -- maroon, in deluxe case
  147. Rem Rand Pioneer #CA133500 (USA, August 1938) -- 3.5-row keyboard (read about this model here)
  148. Remington Envoy #SD272431 (USA, Nov. 1938) -- Portuguese keyboard (read about this model here)
  149. Rem-Rand Bantam #C153272 (USA, Nov. 1938) -- child's portable typewriter, caps only (read about this model here)
  150. Adler Favorit 2 #579597 (Germany, 1939) -- thrust action portable
  151. Remington Model 1 #PD173510 (USA, Sept. 1939) -- "noisy noiseless" portable (read about this model here)
  152. Klein-Urania #182519 (Germany, 1939) -- portable, maroon, Norwegian keyboard
  153. Hermes 2000 #43664 (Switzerland, 1939) -- four-bank portable
  154. U.S. Mirsa Ideal portable no. 5 #919426/5 (Germany, ca. 1939) -- Czech name variant of the Erika no. 5
  155. Everest 90 no. #39598 (Italy, 1940) -- red portable, italic typeface, nonstandard English keyboard
  156. Olympia-Plana #16700 (Germany, 1940) -- bakelite body, Hungarian keyboard
  157. Moskva #10490 (USSR, ca. 1940) -- portable, Cyrillic
  158. Hispano-Olivetti Studio 46 #330670 (Spain, ca. 1940) -- yellow mid-sized portable, Spanish keyboard
  159. Remington Streamliner #B110873 (USA, Sept. 1941) (read about this model here)
  160. Underwood S #S11-5752950 (USA, 1943)
  161. Remer #000126 (Spain, 1945)
  162. Osma #12517 (Germany, ca. 1945) -- portable, prototype?
  163. Royal KMM #3333704 (USA, 1947) -- frontstroke
  164. Regia Mixta #L-11040 (Spain, ca. 1948) -- portable
  165. Voss #10271 (West Germany, 1949) -- red-and-black bakelite body, chrome paper table (read about the Voss on Will Davis' site)
  166. Keaton Music Typewriter #2294 (USA, ca. 1950) -- downstroke, circular-keyboard music typewriter
  167. Original Matous #CC 832 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1950) -- portable
  168. Olympia SM1 #74536 (West Germany, 1950) -- portable, black
  169. Oliver portable #5117593 (UK, 1951) -- licensed copy of the Patria, Greek keyboard
  170. Remington Quiet-Riter #QT2254731 (USA, Oct. 1951) -- repainted blue-green
  171. Voss #25942 (West Germany, 1951) -- red-and-black bakelite body with chrome accents
  172. Rheinmetall #300796 (East Germany, 1952) -- portable
  173. Torpedo 20 #613108 (West Germany, 1952) -- portable with segment shift
  174. Triumph Norm 6 #656801 (West Germany, 1952) -- green portable
  175. Express #306049 (West Germany, June 1953) -- rare portable with plastic body and segment
  176. Rooy portable #27912 (France, 1953) -- ultraflat; American keyboard
  177. Groma N, fourth version, #344410 (East Germany, 1953) -- portable, green
  178. Halda no. 6 #6-288980 (Sweden, 1953)
  179. Groma Gromina #505711 (East Germany, 1953) -- ultraflat, maroon with red keys, earlier body style
  180. Groma Gromina #528909 (East Germany, ca. 1954) -- ultraflat, maroon with black keys, later body style
  181. Continental #2000670 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- usually known as Erika 10; Arabic keyboard (read about this machine on my blog)
  182. Halberg Traveler #45753 (Netherlands, 1954) (read about the Halberg on Will Davis' site #707258 )
  183. Everest K2 #519941 (Italy, 1954) -- portable, black
  184. Gossen Tippa Pilot #136331 (West Germany, ca. 1955)
  185. Voss DeLuxe #114434 (West Germany, ca. 1955) -- stripped to bare metal
  186. American Deluxe #1145938 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- relabeled Optima Elite portable, green
  187. Swissa Junior #136353 (Switzerland, ca. 1955) -- portable
  188. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #A2571453 (USA, ca. 1955) -- two-tone brown
  189. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AA2639689 (USA, ca. 1955) -- green and gray
  190. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AB2668636 (USA, ca. 1955) -- black and white
  191. Patria #S21663 (Spain, ca. 1955) -- black portable
  192. Adler Privat #3026068 (West Germany, 1955) -- portable
  193. Alma Jolson #xxxx (Italy, ca. 1955) -- name variant of the Antares Parva, sold in US
  194. Groma Kolibri #559054 (East Germany, 1955) -- ultraslim portable, maroon
  195. Optima M10 #120348 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- office machine, black, German keyboard
  196. Optima #912691 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- portable, repainted red
  197. Voss DeLuxe #128698 (West Germany, ca. 1956) -- green
  198. Groma Kolibri #568176 (East Germany, ca. 1956) -- black
  199. Halda portable #P.81422 (Sweden, 1956)
  200. Triumph Norm 6 (West Germany, 195x)
  201. Smith-Corona Silent-Super #5T 343881X (USA, 1956) -- portable, includes "Yes/No" key
  202. Smith-Corona 88 #88E4254613-13 (USA, ca. 1956) -- repainted pink and black
  203. Brosette #028160 (West Germany, ca. 1956) -- portable, silver
  204. Revere #1397? (UK, ca. 1956) -- three-bank toy typewriter, made by Petite Typewriters of Nottingham. Also known as Kamkap. Serial number (?) is penciled on bottom of machine.
  205. MBM Mercury #ZP-80235 (Czechoslovakia, 1957) -- name variant of the Consul (read about the Consul on Will Davis' site)
  206. Royal Administrator #49259 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- wide-carriage version of the Royal Diana
  207. Voss DeLuxe #135246 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- big portable, maroon
  208. Groma Combina #xxxxx (East Germany, 195x) -- read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site
  209. Alpina #74921 (West Germany, 1957) -- portable, green
  210. Empire Aristocrat #S2/194E086 (UK, 1957) -- portable, clone of the Hermes Baby
  211. Byron Mark I #9747 (UK, 1957) -- read about this typewriter on my blog
  212. Remington Travel-Riter #TR540763 (Holland, Oct. 1957) -- portable, repainted gold
  213. Remington Quiet-Riter #QR3515274 (USA, Feb. 1958) -- portable, repainted gold
  214. Groma Kolibri #599437 (East Germany, ca. 1958) -- silver
  215. Erika 10 #1909032 (East Germany, ca. 1958) -- portable
  216. Aztec 700 #1976404 (East Germany, ca. 1958) -- export name variant of the Erika 10
  217. Olivetti Graphika #1801920 (Italy, ca. 1958) -- proportional spacing (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  218. Sténotype Grandjean Sil. 5 #M40715 (France, 1958) -- stenotype
  219. Junior Mod. 58 #C2268 (Spain, ca. 1958) -- compact portable, red
  220. Voss DeLuxe #151039 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- black body with black keyboard
  221. Taylorix Contofix Junior #155876 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- bookkeeping typewriter made by Voss (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  222. Eichner #973881 (West Germany, 1958) -- name variant of the Torpedo 18 with long carriage and decimal tabulator
  223. Voss DeLuxe #156738 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- maroon and ivory
  224. Royal FP #FPE-13-6593211 (USA, 1958) -- photo awaiting refurbishing
  225. Imperial Good Companion no. 5 #5M 241 (UK, 1958) -- portable, basket shift, green
  226. Imperial Good Companion no. 4 #4X 571 (UK, 1959) -- portable, carriage shift, blue
  227. Optima P1 #257939 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable based on the Olympia-Plana; Russian keyboard
  228. Olympia SM3 DeLuxe #1114492 (West Germany, 1959) -- portable, repainted blue
  229. Tower Chieftain #3YT175886 (USA, 1959) -- small portable, name variant of Smith-Corona Skyriter, repainted and stripped
  230. Remington Super-Riter #J2882193 (USA, 1959)
  231. Torpedo 18 #1073358 (West Germany, 1959) -- portable, repainted purple
  232. Torpedo 18 #1205535 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, black
  233. Olympia SM4 #1505693 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, white, script typeface
  234. Annabella #D-042596-5039 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- German keyboard, made by Antares (read about Antares on Will Davis' site)
  235. Groma Kolibri #637179 (East Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, brown/tan, Greek keyboard
  236. Triumph DeJur Perfekt #1231288 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, cream/maroon
  237. ABC #3-64682 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, orange
  238. Princess 100 #109241 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, gray
  239. Olympia SF #95-266541 (West Germany, 1960) -- small portable, black
  240. R. C. Allen VisOmatic #8-2163312 13 (USA, 1960) -- frontstroke, script typeface
  241. Hilton #D-080318-6090 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- name variant of the Antares
  242. Moskva #386451 (USSR, ca. 1960) -- portable, gray
  243. Consul Silent #ZP-185854 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1961)
  244. Olympia SG1 #7-635495 (West Germany, 1961) -- office typewriter, repainted bluegreen
  245. Olympia SM4 #1666464 (West Germany, 1961) -- gold-plated trim
  246. Hermes 3000 #3058336 (Switzerland, 1961) -- earlier body style; stripped to bare metal
  247. Groma Humber #668875 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- rare export name variant of the Kolibri, ivory/green
  248. Groma Kolibri #689903 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- ivory/blue
  249. Talbos #C6399 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- portable, green
  250. Andina Grafos #D3438 (Spain, ca. 1963) -- portable, successor to the Talbos
  251. Groma Kolibri Luxus #A18172 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/tan
  252. Aztec 600 #620677 (East Germany, 1962) -- export name variant of the Rheinmetall KsT portable, two-tone brown
  253. Facit TP1 #283467 (Sweden, 1962) -- portable
  254. Voss Privat #223959 (West Germany, 1963) -- sold at the factory to an American, QWERTY keyboard with script type
  255. AMC #437765 (France, 1963) -- export name variant of the Japy Script, a clone of the Patria
  256. Olympia SM5 #2364386 (West Germany, 1964) -- Arabic
  257. IBM Model C Executive #2189953 (USA, 1964) -- proportional spacing, electric
  258. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX 206814 (USA, ca. 1965) -- stripped to bare metal
  259. Olympia SM9 #2581142 (West Germany, 1965) -- modified, fitted into repainted SM3 body
  260. Scheidegger Princess Matic #338556 (West Germany, ca. 1965) -- name variant of the Princess 300
  261. Alpina Baby #373227 (Japan, 1960s) -- made by Nippo; also seen as Condor and Rexina
  262. Florida #H49535 (Spain, ca. 1965) -- portable
  263. Jaykay #64857 (India, ca. 1965) -- portable, made in Calcutta, identical to the late Brosette
  264. Olympia SM8 #2723758 (West Germany, 1966) -- repainted black and silver
  265. Gritzner #031342 (West Germany, 1967) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY lettering machine, with kit and Dutch instructions
  266. Cavalier Speedwriter #7 221 033989 (Czechoslovakia/Canada, 1967) -- name variant of the Consul 221, assembled and sold in Canada
  267. Hermes 3000 #3448751 (Switzerland, 1968) -- later body style
  268. Andina Especial 90 #75004 (Spain, ca. 1975) -- portable
  269. Olympia Traveller Deluxe #15-7119191 (Yugoslavia, ca. 1980) -- Thai keyboard
  270. Sharp Memowriter EL-7001 #11009605 (Japan, ca. 1981) -- electronic calculator / mini-typewriter (read about this device on my blog)
  271. Ortekh #446574 (Russia, 1993) -- portable
  272. Royal Scrittore II #0912002099 (China, 2012)





Gone but not forgotten

These machines are no longer with me. I've enjoyed them and then passed them on to other typewriter fans, but they're fondly remembered!

  1. Caligraph 2 #30345 (USA, ca. 1888) -- full non-QWERTY keyboard, understroke (read about Caligraphs here)
  2. Caligraph 3 #38924 (USA, 1890s) (read about Caligraphs here)
  3. Fitch (English) #3545 (England, 1891) -- downstroke from the back, three-bank non-QWERTY keyboard
  4. Densmore 1b (USA, 1891) -- understroke
  5. Peoples (USA, 1891) -- semicircular index
  6. American 2, no serial number (USA, 1890s) -- semicircular index
  7. Pearl (USA, 1891) -- semicircular index
  8. Odell #1b (USA, 1890s) -- linear index
  9. Victor (USA, 1890s) -- daisywheel index
  10. American Visible (curved) #1776 (USA, early 1890s) -- index
  11. American Visible (straight), no serial number (USA, early 1890s) -- index
  12. Hammond 2 (USA, 1893) -- type shuttle (read about Hammonds here)
  13. American No. 7 #16447 (USA, 1890s)-- understroke
  14. The Chicago #8654 (USA, 1897) -- type cylinder (read about the Chicago here)
  15. Oliver no. 3 #88838 (USA, 1898)

  17. Wellington No. 2 #5063 (USA, 1898) -- thrust action
  18. New Century Caligraph No. 6 #12772 (USA, ca. 1899) -- full keyboard, understroke

  20. Merritt #15051 (USA, ca. 1900) -- linear index
  21. Lambert No. 1 #1203 (USA, 1900) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  22. Lambert No. 3 #7901 (USA, ca. 1902) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  23. Salter Improved No. 6 #8529 (UK, ca. 1905) -- three-bank, downstroke
  24. Fox No. 23 #05275/31275 (USA, ca. 1906)
  25. International No. 5, no serial number (USA, ca. 1907) -- linear index
  26. Remington no. 7 #223995 (USA, 1907) -- understroke

  27. Blickensderfer No. 8 #130721 (USA, 1907) -- three-bank,typewheel
  28. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter #1080 (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter
  29. Bennett (USA, 1910) -- miniature typewriter; typewheel
  30. Blickensderfer no. 7 #144749 (USA, ca. 1910) -- typewheel; aluminum
  31. Simplex 1911 Special #3 (USA, 1911) -- toy index, double-case (read about Simplexes here)
  32. Blickensderfer 6 #162351 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel; aluminum
  33. Stenotype #14047 (USA, ca. 1912) -- stenographic machine
  34. Ideal A4 #98442 (Germany, 1914) -- four-bank oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side
  35. Simplex 1 Special (USA, 1915) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  36. Fox portable #1 #302 (USA, 1917)
  37. Century 10 HV90146 (USA, July 1919) -- three-bank frontstroke, double shift
  38. Century 10 #HX00038 (USA, May 1920)
  39. MW #11733 (Germany, 1920s) -- index machine, also known as Gundka, Frolio, etc.
  40. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #40496 (USA, 1922) -- three-bank frontstroke
  41. Juventa, no serial number (Italy, ca. 1922) -- three-bank portable, repainted and labeled "Corona"
  42. Mignon 4 #274295 (Germany, 1920s) -- index (read about this machine here)
  43. Royal No. 10 # X-1019026 (USA, 1926)
  44. Remington Portable No. 2 #ND79747 (USA, Sept. 1927) (read about this model here)
  45. Underwood Portable #4B186920 (USA, 1928)
  46. Remington Portable No. 3 #V134032 (USA, Jan. 1929) -- two-tone turquoise (read about this model here)
  47. Remington Portable No. 3 #V275177 (USA, 1929) -- two-tone green (read about this model here)
  48. Royal Standard Portable #OT336030 (USA, 1929) -- black
  49. Merz Universal #58095 (Germany, ca. 1930) -- four-bank portable
  50. Corona Special #JX657395 (USA, 1931) -- folding portable with gold highlights
  51. Underwood Noiseless 77 #736897 (USA, 1931) (read about this model here)
  52. Porto-Rite #SR10815 (USA, 1932)
  53. Remie Scout, double-case #S66172 (USA, 1932) (read about this model here)
  54. Remington Portable Model 5 (boxy) #V601539 (USA, Oct. 1932) (read about this model here)
  55. Royal Signet #E9780 (USA, 1932) -- capitals-only portable (read about this model here)
  56. Corona Standard #2C184108 (USA, 1935)
  57. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #20548 (Italy, 1935) -- black, German keyboard, sold in Vienna
  58. Remington 5 portable (streamlined) #V925808 (USA, 1937) (read about this model here)
  59. Corona Junior #1F 26843J (USA, 1937)
  60. Hermes Featherweight #107389 (Switzerland, 1937)
  61. Imperial Good Companion (England, late 1930s) -- portable
  62. Remington Junior #S256639 (USA, Jan. 1938) (read about this model here)
  63. Remington Model 1 #PD162715 (USA, November 1938) -- "noisy noiseless" portable
  64. Groma N #208701 (Germany, ca. 1938) -- four-bank portable, maroon
  65. DM No. 3 #199200 (Germany, ca. 1939) -- portable, name variant of Olympia Progress
  66. Barr #37890 (USA, late 1930s) -- portable, gray
  67. Barr #39213 (USA, ca. 1939) -- portable
  68. Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1788992 (USA, 1949) -- gold-plated portable
  69. Tower Skyriter #2Y40065(USA, 1950) -- flat portable made by Smith-Corona for Sears (parts from three Tower Chieftain and Smith-Corona Skyriter machines were used to construct this one)
  70. Smith-Corona Silent #5S423913 (USA, 1953)
  71. Blue Bird (West Germany, 1954) -- name variant of the Torpedo portable, British keyboard
  72. Olivetti Lettera 22 #437957 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  73. Royal HH #HHE-5594986 (USA, 1955)
  74. Olivetti Lettera 22 #360952 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  75. Voss DeLuxe #137313 (West Germany, 1957) -- green
  76. Rooy portable #61618 (France, 1958) -- ultraflat
  77. Winsor Special De Luxe #B-1070 (Spain, ca. 1958) --  compact portable, gray
  78. Voss DeLuxe #158905 (West Germany, ca. 1959) -- black body with grey keyboard
  79. Voss DeLuxe #230962 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- blue and white
  80. Olympia SF DeLuxe #562094 (West Germany, 1962) -- flat portable, script typeface
  81. Groma Kolibri #682069 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- ivory/red
  82. AMC #316757 (West Germany, ca. 1962) -- name variant of the Alpina
  83. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX180041 (USA, 1963)
  84. Triumph Perfekt #3062647 (West Germany, ca. 1963) -- portable, tan
  85. Olympia SM5 #2431368 (West Germany, 1965)
  86. Gritzner #025822 (West Germany, 1960s) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY "legend lettering machine" for typing on blueprints
  87. Consul 232 #7 232 452348 (Czechoslovakia, 1967) -- portable
  88. Remington 333 #E8971648 (Japan, May 1968) -- small portable made by Brother
  89. Olivetti Lettera 33 (Italy, ca. 1969)
  90. Hermes Baby #9413117 (Switzerland, ca. 1970) -- orange portable
  91. Generation 3000 #05-25438 (China, 2005) -- portable (read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site)
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