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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 the date when the model was first introduced. Click on highlighted typewriters to see pictures of them. --Richard Polt

Some terminology

Collection List

  1. Hammond 1 #10892 (USA, ca. 1889) -- Ideal-keyboard type-shuttle machine (read about my restoration of this machine here and read about Hammonds here)
  2. Crandall New Model #3715 (USA, ca. 1889) -- curved two-bank non-QWERTY keyboard, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
  3. Caligraph 3 #38924 (USA, 1890s) (read about Caligraphs here)
  4. National (large-spacebar model) #1295 (USA, ca. 1890) -- understroke, three-bank, curved keyboard
  5. Fitch (English) #3545 (England, 1891) -- downstroke from the back, three-bank non-QWERTY keyboard
  6. Densmore, first model ("1a") #1501 (USA, 1891) -- understroke
  7. Yost No. 4 #51801 (USA, 1895) -- full keyboard, understroke, ink pad inking (read about Yosts here)
  8. Smith Premier No. 1 #33506 (USA, ca. 1895) -- full keyboard, understroke
  9. Peerless #4034 (USA, ca. 1896) -- full-keyboard understroke
  10. Williams No. 2 #10612 (USA, 1896) -- grasshopper (read about Williams here)
  11. Granville Automatic #5795 (USA, 1896) -- thrust action
  12. New Franklin #5509 (USA, 1896) -- downstroke from the front, curved keyboard (read about Franklins here)
  13. Wellington No. 2 #5063 (USA, 1898) -- thrust action
  14. Lambert No. 1 #1203 (USA, 1900) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  15. Williams No. 4 #17114 (USA, 1900) -- grasshopper (read about Williams here)
  16. Fay-Sho No. 4 #4817 (USA, ca. 1901) -- "bronze" understroke (actually copper plated) with neoclassical design
  17. Blickensderfer No. 5 (USA, 1902) -- typewheel, Scientific Polish keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  18. Smith Premier No. 2 #77492 (USA, 1902) -- full keyboard, understroke
  19. Pittsburg No. 10 #14766 (USA, circa 1902) -- successor to the Daugherty, the first frontstroke typewriter
  20. Postal 5 #25892 (USA, 1904) -- typewheel
  21. Monarch no. 2 #437 (USA, 1904) -- four-bank frontstroke, basket shift
  22. Moya No. 2 #3324 (England, 1905) -- type cylinder
  23. Sun Standard No. 2 #16044 (USA, ca. 1905) -- 3-bank frontstroke
  24. Fox No. 3 #A7774/14731 (USA, ca. 1905) -- understroke (read about Foxes here)
  25. Fox No. 23 #05819/31619 (USA, 1906) -- frontstroke (read about Foxes here)
  26. L.C. Smith No. 2 #19901-2 (USA, 1907)
  27. Blickensderfer No. 8 #130721 (USA, 1907)
  28. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter, no serial number (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter (read about the Yetman here)
  29. Salter 10 #15477 (England, 1908) -- downstroke from the front
  30. Columbia Bar-Lock No. 14 #163655 (USA, 1910) -- full keyboard, downstroke from front
  31. Blickensderfer 7 #148967 (USA, 1910) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  32. Emerson No. 3 #8367 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, typebars swing in from the sides (read about Emersons here)
  33. Harry A. Smith no. 6 #7447 (USA, ca. 1910) -- fronststroke, relabeled Victor
  34. Kanclér no. 3 #8859 (Germany, ca. 1910) -- Czech version of the Kanzler
  35. Harris Visible No. 4 #14936 (USA, 1911) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about the Harris on Will Davis' site)
  36. Stenotype #14047 (USA, ca. 1912)
  37. Royal No. 5 #113790-5 (USA, 1912)
  38. Secor No. 2 #5380 (USA, ca. 1913)
  39. Rapid No. 10 #35921 (USA, ca. 1913) -- name variant of the Fox 23
  40. Ideal A4 #98442 (Germany, 1914) -- four-bank oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side
  41. Oliver 9 #886730 (USA, 1915) -- U-shaped typebars, downstroke from the side (read about this machine here)
  42. Simplex 1 Special (USA, 1915) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  43. Hammond Multiplex #AL212054 (USA, ca. 1915) -- 3-bank type-shuttle machine, green
  44. Home Blickensderfer #170020 (USA, ca. 1915) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard
  45. Blickensderfer 9 #186280 (USA, 1916) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this machine here)
  46. Fox portable #2 #10017 (USA, ca. 1918) (read about Foxes here)
  47. Molle No. 3 #2590 (USA, 1918) -- frontstroke, three-bank (read about this machine here)
  48. Helios-Klimax #13660 (Germany, ca. 1919) -- two-bank, triple shift, typewheel, Spanish keyboard
  49. Century 10 HV90146 (USA, July 1919) -- three-bank frontstroke
  50. Victor No. 10 #54668 -- four-bank frontstroke
  51. Imperial D Portable #60790 (base) / #60350 (keyboard) (England, ca. 1920)
  52. Portex No. 5 #19417 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable
  53. Adji Såkå #2804 (Germany, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable, name variant of the Meteor
  54. Fox Sterling #S12688 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable, Spanish keyboard (read about Foxes here)
  55. Century 10 HX00038 (USA, May 1920)
  56. Remington Portable #1 #NM10936 (USA, 1921) (read about this model here)
  57. Remington Portable #1 #NM11229 (USA, 1921)-- black/gold paint (read about this model here)
  58. Noiseless portable #92 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  59. Carmen #3175 (Germany, 1921) -- 3-bank
  60. Unda #1322 (Austria, 1921) -- 3-bank
  61. Corona No. 3 #584594 (USA, 1922) -- frontstroke; carriage folds down onto keyboard
  62. Gourland #1533 (USA, ca. 1922) -- four-bank portable
  63. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #40496 (USA, 1922) -- three-bank frontstroke
  64. MW #11733 (Germany, 1920s) -- index machine
  65. Marx Dial toy typewriter (USA, 1920s) -- index
  66. Hammond Folding Multiplex #F244370G2 (USA, 1923) -- 3 bank type-shuttle machine, keyboard folds up
  67. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #82370 (USA, 1923) -- three-bank frontstroke
  68. Simplex Practical Number 200 (USA, between 1924 and 1932) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  69. Monica No. 1 #825 (Germany, 1924)
  70. Underwood No. 5 #2096819-5 (USA, 1925) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  71. Neya #31679 (Germany, 1925) -- three-bank portable
  72. Stoewer Elite #E42713 (Germany, ca. 1925) -- three-bank portable, Hungarian keyboard, sold in Prague
  73. Royal No. 10 # X-1019026 (USA, 1926)
  74. Bing No. 2 (Germany, 1927) -- oblique frontstroke, portable or toy
  75. Erika 5 #30074/30045 (Germany, 1927) -- frontstroke portable
  76. Remington Portable No. 2 #ND79747 (USA, 1927) (read about this model here)
  77. Rem-Blick #KX80608 (USA, 1928) -- typewheel (read about this machine here)
  78. Corona 4 #S4M02555 (USA, 1928) -- "Mountain Ash Scarlet" finish
  79. Oliver 11 #1016985 (USA, ca. 1928)
  80. Underwood Portable #4B186920 (USA, 1928)
  81. Remington Portable No. 3 #V134032 (USA, 1928) -- two-tone turquoise (read about this model here)
  82. Remington 92 #Z155356 (USA, 1929) -- Hebrew version of the #12
  83. Underwood Portable #458501 (USA, 1929) -- Ukrainian keyboard
  84. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #210944 (USA, 1929) -- three-bank frontstroke, green marble paint (read about this model here)
  85. Stoewer four-bank portable #123759 (Germany, ca. 1930)
  86. Merz Universal #58095 (Germany, ca. 1930) -- four-bank portable
  87. Corona Special #JX657395 (USA, 1931) -- folding portable with gold highlights
  88. Rheinmetall portable #30561 (Germany, 1931)
  89. Torpedo portable #141322 (Germany, 1931) -- Cyrillic keyboard, exported (to Mongolia?) by Wostwag, a Soviet front company based in Berlin and Ulan Bator
  90. Underwood Noiseless 77 #930677 (maroon) (USA, 1930s) (read about this model here)
  91. Remington Noiseless Portable #N41852 (two-tone green) (USA, 1930s) (read about this model here)
  92. Imperial Good Companion #AC273 (England, 1932) -- portable with Swedish keyboard
  93. Porto-Rite #SR10815 (USA, 1932)
  94. Royal Signet #E9780 (USA, 1932) -- capitals-only portable (read about this model here)
  95. Monarch Pioneer #S24372 (USA, August 1932) -- capitals-only portable, green
  96. Remington Rand Model 1 #P49630 (USA, 1933) (read about this model here)
  97. Remington Noiseless Junior #B10403 (USA, 1933) (read about this model here)
  98. Remington Portable Model 5 (boxy) #V601539 (USA, 1934) (read about this model here)
  99. Remington Junior #S256639 (Canada, 1930s) (read about this model here)
  100. Remington Envoy (USA, 1930s) -- Portuguese keyboard (read about this model here) (read about this model here)
  101. Barr Special #P16230 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, black (read about the Barr on Will Davis' site)
  102. Barr Universal #C2U658 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, maroon
  103. Burroughs #50A5748 (USA, 1933)
  104. Remington 3B #C104412 (USA, 1935) (read about this model here)
  105. Monarch #C60782 (USA, April 1935) -- name variant of the Remington Compact portable
  106. Olivetti ICO (MP1) portable #20548 (Italy, 1935) -- black, German keyboard, sold in Vienna
  107. Royal Junior #J52398 (USA, 1935) -- Greek keyboard
  108. Remington 9 #F13383 (USA, February 1936) (read about this model here)
  109. Tip Tip #5606 (Czechoslovakia, 1936) -- index
  110. Remington Noiseless Portable Model Seven #H49561 (USA, Jan. 1937) -- my first typewriter (read about this model here)
  111. Hermes Baby Featherweight #107389 (Switzerland, 1937)
  112. Remington Victor S Portable #VV909435 (UK, ca. 1937) -- British version of the streamlined #5 portable (read about this model here)
  113. Remington Noiseless 8 #E36907 (USA, October 1937) (read about this model here)
  114. Rem Rand Pioneer #C109305 (USA, Oct. 1937) -- caps only
  115. Remington Bantam #C153272 (USA, 1937) -- child's portable typewriter, caps only (read about this model here)
  116. Mercedes Superba #85747 (Germany, 1937) -- portable
  117. Patria #18062 (Switzerland, ca. 1937) -- portable
  118. Varityper #409600-9 (USA, ca. 1937) -- type shuttle, electric
  119. Corona Junior #1F 26843J (USA, 1937)
  120. Barr #39213 (USA, late 1930s) -- portable
  121. Groma #208701 (Germany, ca. 1938) -- four-bank portable, maroon
  122. Corona Sterling #2A51871 (USA, 1938) -- streamlined, maroon
  123. Olivetti ICO (MP1) portable #58541 (Italy, 1938) -- red
  124. Continental #R257169 (Germany, 1938) -- four-bank portable
  125. Monarch Pioneer #CA133500 (USA, August 1938) -- 3.5-row keyboard (read about this model here)
  126. Adler Favorit 2 #579597 (Germany, 1939) -- thrust action portable
  127. Remington Model 1 #PD173510 (USA, 1939) -- "noisy noiseless" portable (read about this model here)
  128. Klein-Urania #182519 (Germany, 1939) -- maroon, Norwegian keyboard
  129. Hermes 2000 #43664 (Switzerland, 1939) -- four-bank portable
  130. U.S. Mirsa Ideal portable no. 5 #919426/5 (Germany, ca. 1939) -- Czech-keyboard name variant of the Erika no. 5
  131. Monarch 101 (USA, ca. 1940) #A10076-- office-sized machine with noiseless portable mechanism, made by "American Writing Machine Co." (actually Remington) (read about this model here)
  132. Olympia-Plana #16700 (Germany, 1940) -- bakelite body, Hungarian keyboard
  133. Remington Streamliner #B110873 (USA, 1941) (read about this model here)
  134. Regia Mixta #L-11040 (Spain, ca. 1948) -- portable
  135. Voss #10271 (West Germany, 1949) -- red-and-black bakelite body, chrome paper table (read about the Voss on Will Davis' site)
  136. Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1788992 (USA, 1949) -- gold-plated portable
  137. Keaton Music Typewriter #2294 (USA, ca. 1950) -- downstroke, circular-keyboard music typewriter
  138. Original Matous #CC 832 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1950) -- portable
  139. Tower Skyriter #2Y 40065(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)
  140. Remington Quiet-Riter #QT2254731 (USA, 1951) -- repainted blue-green
  141. Voss #25942 (West Germany, 1951) -- red-and-black bakelite body with chrome accents
  142. Rheinmetall #300796 (East Germany, 1952) -- portable
  143. Express #306049 (West Germany, June 1953) -- rare portable with plastic body and segment
  144. Rooy portable #27912 (France, 1953) -- ultraflat; American keyboard
  145. Smith-Corona Silent #5S423913 (USA, 1953)
  146. Halberg Traveler #45753 (Netherlands, 1954) (read about the Halberg on Will Davis' site)
  147. Blue Bird #707258 (West Germany, 1954) -- name variant of the Torpedo portable, British keyboard
  148. Groma Gromina #528909 (East Germany, ca. 1954) -- ultraflat, maroon
  149. Everest K2 #519941 (Italy, 1954) -- portable, black
  150. Gossen Tippa Pilot #136331 (West Germany, ca. 1955)
  151. American Deluxe #1145938 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- relabeled Optima Elite portable, green
  152. Swissa Junior #136353 (Switzerland, ca. 1955) -- portable
  153. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AA2639689 (USA, ca. 1955) -- green and gray
  154. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AB2668636 (USA, ca. 1955) -- black and white
  155. Patria #S21663 (Spain, ca. 1955) -- black portable
  156. Groma Kolibri #559054 (East Germany, 1955) -- ultraslim portable, maroon
  157. Groma Kolibri #568176 (East Germany, 1956) -- black
  158. Groma Kolibri #599437 (East Germany, 1957) -- silver
  159. MBM Mercury #ZP-80235 (Czechoslovakia, 1957) -- name variant of the Consul (read about the Consul on Will Davis' site)
  160. Voss DeLuxe #135246 (West Germany, 1957) -- big portable, maroon
  161. Erika 10 #1909032 (East Germany, ca. 1958) -- portable
  162. Aztec 700 #1976404 (East Germany, ca. 1958) -- export name variant of the Erika 10
  163. Junior Mod. 58 #C2268 (Spain, ca. 1958) -- maroon compact portable
  164. Winsor Special De Luxe #B-1070 (Spain, ca. 1958) -- gray compact portable
  165. Voss DeLuxe #151039 (West Germany, 1958) -- black body with black keyboard
  166. Voss DeLuxe #158905 (West Germany, 1959) -- black body with grey keyboard
  167. Annabella #D-042596-5039 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- German keyboard, made by Antares (read about Antares on Will Davis' site)
  168. Triumph DeJur Perfekt #1231288 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, cream/maroon
  169. Andina Grafos #D3438 (Spain, ca. 1960) -- heavy portable with segment shift, successor to the Regia
  170. ABC #3-64682 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, orange
  171. Princess 100 #109241 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, gray
  172. Groma Humber #668875 (East Germany, 1961) -- rare export name variant of the Kolibri, ivory/green
  173. Groma Kolibri #682069 (East Germany, 1961) -- ivory/red
  174. Groma Kolibri #689903 (East Germany, 1961) -- ivory/blue
  175. Groma Kolibri Luxus #A18172 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/tan
  176. AMC #316757 (West Germany, ca. 1962) -- name variant of the Alpina
  177. Olympia SF #562094 (West Germany, 1962) -- flat portable
  178. Aztec 600 #620677 (East Germany, 1962) -- export name variant of the Rheinmetall KsT portable, two-tone brown
  179. Voss Privat #223959 (West Germany, 1963) -- sold at the factory to an American, QWERTY keyboard with script type
  180. AMC #437765 (France, 1963) -- export name variant of the Japy Script
  181. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX180041 (USA, 1963)
  182. Alpina Baby #373227 (Japan, 1960s)
  183. Gritzner #025822 (West Germany, 1960s) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY "legend lettering machine" for typing on blueprints
  184. Olympia SM5 #2431368 (West Germany, 1965)
  185. Olympia SM8 #2723758 (West Germany, 1966)
  186. Gritzner #031842 (West Germany, 1967)
  187. Consul 232 #7 232 452348 (Czechoslovakia, 1967) -- portable
  188. Andina Especial 90 #75004 (Spain, ca. 1970) -- portable
  189. Ortekh #446574 (Russia, 1993) -- portable

Gone but not forgotten

These 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. Densmore 1b (USA, 1891) -- understroke
  3. Peoples (USA, 1891) -- semicircular index
  4. American 2 (USA, 1890s) -- semicircular index
  5. Pearl (USA, 1891) -- semicircular index
  6. Odell #1b (USA, 1890s) -- linear index
  7. Victor (USA, 1890s) -- daisywheel index
  8. American Visible (curved) #1776 (USA, early 1890s) -- index
  9. American Visible (straight), no serial number (USA, early 1890s) -- index
  10. Hammond 2 (USA, 1893) -- type shuttle (read about Hammonds here)
  11. The Chicago #8654 (USA, 1897) -- type cylinder (read about the Chicago here)
  12. Oliver 3 #88838 (USA, 1898)
  13. New Century Caligraph No. 6 #12772 (USA, ca. 1899) -- full keyboard, understroke
  14. American No. 7 #16447 (USA, 1890s)-- understroke
  15. Merritt #15051 (USA, ca. 1900) -- linear index
  16. Lambert No. 3 #7901 (USA, 1902) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  17. International No. 5, no serial number (USA, 1907) -- linear index
  18. Remington 7 #223995 (USA, 1907) -- understroke
  19. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter #1080 (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter
  20. Bennett (USA, 1910) -- miniature typewriter; typewheel
  21. Simplex 1911 Special #3 (USA, 1911) -- toy index, double-case (read about Simplexes here)
  22. Blickensderfer 6 #162351 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel
  23. Fox portable #1 #302 (USA, 1917)
  24. Mignon 4 #274295 (Germany, 1920s) -- index (read about this machine here)
  25. Remington Portable No. 3 #V275177 (USA, 1929) -- two-tone green (read about this model here)
  26. Underwood Noiseless 77 #736897 (USA, 1931) (read about this model here)
  27. Remie Scout, double-case #S66172 (USA, 1932) (read about this model here)
  28. Corona Standard #2C184108 (USA, 1935)
  29. Remington 5 portable (streamlined) #V925808 (USA, 1937) (read about this model here)
  30. Imperial Good Companion (England, late 1930s) -- portable
  31. DM No. 3 #199200 (Germany, ca. 1939) -- portable, name variant of Olympia Progress
  32. Barr #37890 (USA, late 1930s) -- portable, gray
  33. Olivetti Lettera 22 #437957 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  34. Voss DeLuxe #137313 (West Germany, 1957) -- green
  35. Rooy portable #61618 (France, 1958) -- ultraflat
  36. Hermes Baby #9413117 (Switzerland, ca. 1970) -- orange portable
  37. Generation 3000 #05-25438 (China, 2005) -- portable (read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site)
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