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The
Typewriter Revolution:
A
Typist's Companion for the 21st Century
Available
now!
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
- Bank = row of keys on a keyboard
- Downstroke = typebars stand vertically in the front, the back,
or the sides of the platen (the printing surface), and type on
the top of the platen
- Frontstroke = typebars hit the front of the platen
- Full keyboard = separate keys for upper- and lower-case
letters
- Grasshopper = types lie on an ink pad; they "hop" up from the
pad and against the platen.
- Index = no keyboard. The typist indicates a letter on some
sort of index, then performs a different operation in order to
type.
- Oblique frontstroke = typebars hit the platen in an area
between its front and its top
- Platen = the printing surface of the typewriter (usually a
rubber-covered cylinder)
- Scientific keyboard = the three-row non-QWERTY keyboard
introduced by Blickensderfer. Also known as DHIATENSOR.
- Thrust action = a mechanism in which the typebar thrusts
horizontally against the front of the platen
- Type cylinder = all characters are on an elongated cylinder
- Type shuttle = all characters are on an arc-shaped shuttle,
also known as a swinging sector
- Typebar = the type is on the end of a metal bar. Most
well-known typewriters are typebar typewriters.
- Typewheel = all characters are on a wheel that spins in order
to present the right character to the platen.
- Understroke = typebars hit the bottom of the platen; the
platen must be lifted in order to see one's work. These machines
were called "blind writers" by their detractors.
Collection List
Crandall New Model #3715 (USA, ca. 1889) --
curved two-bank non-QWERTY keyboard, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
Hammond 1 #10892 (USA,
ca. 1890) -- curved two-bank non-QWERTY keyboard, type shuttle (read about my restoration of
this machine here and read about Hammonds here)
National #1295 (USA, ca. 1891) --
understroke, three-bank, curved keyboard (large-spacebar model
with spacebar missing)
Smith Premier No. 1 #33506 (USA, ca. 1895) --
full keyboard, understroke
Jewett No. 2 #6113 (USA, 1895) -- full
keyboard, understroke
Granville Automatic #5795 (USA, 1896) --
thrust action
New Franklin #5509 (USA, ca. 1896) --
downstroke from the front, curved three-bank keyboard (read about Franklins here)
Williams No. 2 #10612
(USA, ca. 1899) -- grasshopper, three-bank (read
about Williams here)
Crandall Visible no. 4 #51767 (USA, ca. 1900)
-- three-bank, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
Sholes
visible #4004 (USA, ca. 1901) -- frontstroke with typebars
aligned in two rows (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Fay-Sho
No. 4 #4817 (USA, ca. 1901) -- "bronze" understroke
(actually copper plated) with neoclassical design
Moya no. 1 #1138 (UK, ca.
1902) -- three-bank, type cylinder
Smith Premier No. 2
#77492 (USA, 1902) -- full keyboard, understroke
Blickensderfer
No. 5 #71678 (USA, 1902) -- typewheel, Scientific Polish
keyboard (read about this
typewriter here)
Commercial Visible no. 6 #23203 (USA,
ca. 1902) -- typewheel
Lambert no. 3 #8678 (USA, ca. 1902)
-- circular keyboard, interchangeable type element
Postal
5 #25892 (USA, 1904) -- three-bank, typewheel
Monarch no. 2 #437 (USA, 1904)

- Ideal A3 #19616
(Germany, 1904) -- oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on
side
Moya no. 2 #3324 (UK, ca.
1905) -- three-bank, type cylinder
Sun Standard No. 2 #16044
(USA, ca. 1905) -- 3-bank frontstroke, ink roller
Royal Bar-Lock shift-key model
#6610 (England, ca. 1905) -- rare four-bank version of the
Bar-Lock
Fox No. 3 #A7774/14731 (USA,
ca. 1905) -- understroke (read
about Foxes here)
L.C.
Smith No. 2 #19901-2 (USA, 1906) -- frontstroke
Polygraph no. 3 (ca. 1906) -- 3-bank,
downstroke
Chicago No. 3 #2016 (USA, ca. 1908) --
horizontal type cylinder, 3-bank keyboard
Fox No. 23 #05619/31619 (USA, 1908) --
frontstroke (read about Foxes
here)
Blickensderfer No. 8 #141296 (USA, 1908) --
three-bank, typewheel, aluminum frame
Yetman
Transmitting Typewriter, no serial number (USA, 1908) --
telegraphic typewriter (read
about the Yetman here)
Stearns #2137 (USA, ca. 1908)
Columbia
Bar-Lock No. 14 #163655 (USA, 1910) -- full keyboard,
downstroke from front
Blickensderfer
no. 7 #148967 (USA, 1910) -- typewheel, Scientific
keyboard (read about this
typewriter here)
Harry A. Smith no. 6 #7447 (USA, ca. 1910) --
frontstroke, relabeled Victor (read about Victors on Will Davis' site)
Kancléř
no. 3 #8859 (Germany, ca. 1910) -- Czech version of the
Kanzler
Bennett #13103 (USA, 1910) --
miniature typewheel machine with 3-bank keyboard
Blickensderfer no. 6 #160030 (USA, 1912) --
typewheel; aluminum
Oliver No. 5 #386425 (USA, ca. 1912) --
nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
Harris
Visible No. 4 #14936 (USA, ca. 1913) -- three-bank
frontstroke (read about the Harris on
Will Davis' site)
L. C. Smith no. 5 #196236-5 (USA, 1913) --
nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
Secor No. 2 #5380 (USA, ca.
1913) -- frontstroke with decimal tabulator
Reporters Special
#20282 (USA, ca. 1914) -- name variant of the Harris
Chicago #73715 (USA, ca. 1915) -- horizontal
type cylinder, 3-bank keyboard
Aztec #56191 (USA, ca. 1915)
-- name variant of the Pittsburg, Spanish keyboard (story in ETCetera no. 85)
Visigraph #13807 (USA, ca. 1915) --
frontstroke
Blickensderfer
no. 9 #186280 (USA, 1916) -- typewheel, Scientific
keyboard (read about this
machine here)
Helios-Klimax
#13660 (Germany, ca. 1919) -- two-bank, triple shift, typewheel,
Spanish keyboard
Blick
Ninety #E-1156 (USA, 1919) -- portable with exchangeable
typebasket
Adji
Såkå #2804 (Germany, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable,
name variant of the Meteor
Remington Portable no. 1 #NM10936 (USA, Feb.
1921) (read about
this model here)
Unda #1322 (Austria, 1921) --
3-bank
Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #12408
(USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (earlier design, patent
pending)
Hesperia
#74A (Italy, 1922) -- frontstroke
Stoewer Record
#61748 (Germany, 1922)
Portex
No. 5 #19417 (USA, ca. 1922) -- three-bank portable (read about the Portex on
Will Davis' site)
Hammond Folding Multiplex #F244370G2 (USA,
1923) -- 3 bank type-shuttle machine, keyboard folds up
Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #82370
(USA, 1923) -- three-bank frontstroke
Dayton
#AX93 (USA, 1924) -- four-bank portable (story in ETCetera no. 85)
Noiseless
Portable #6042 (USA, 1924) -- three-bank
Woodstock Electrite #E11-39705 (USA, ca.
1925) -- electric (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Stoewer Elite
#E42713 (Germany, ca. 1925) -- three-bank portable, Hungarian
keyboard, sold in Prague
Victoria no. 5
#127 (Spain, ca. 1926) -- first Spanish typewriter brand
Underwood No. 5
#2096819-5 (USA, 1926) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
Victor portable
#0010XX (last two digits filed off?) (USA, ca. 1927)
Neya #31679 (Germany, ca.
1927) -- three-bank portable
Bing No. 2 (Germany, ca.
1927) -- oblique frontstroke, "educational" typewriter
Merz No. 2 #6049 (Germany,
ca. 1927) -- Bulgarian keyboard
Rem-Blick
#KX80608 (USA, May 1928) -- typewheel (read about
this machine here)
Corona
4 #S4M02555 (USA, 1928) -- "Mountain Ash Scarlet" finish
Diamant 28 #16545 (Germany, ca. 1928) --
portable with large vertical segment
Gloria #4205 (Italy, 1928 or 1929)
-- first Italian four-bank portable
Remington 92 #Z155356 (USA, April 1929) --
Hebrew version of the no. 12
Underwood
Standard Portable Typewriter #210944 (USA, 1929) --
three-bank frontstroke, green marble paint
Unknown prototype portable (no
serial number) (USA? 1920s?)
Electric
Braille prototype (USA, ca. 1930) -- based on a Woodstock
no. 5, inventor and constructor unknown (story in ETCetera no. 77)
Barr
#P13796 (USA, ca. 1930) -- portable, blue (read about the Barr on
Will Davis' site) (read
an update from him here)
Barr Special #P16230 (USA, early 1930s) --
portable, black
Barr Universal #C2U658 (USA, early 1930s) --
portable, maroon
Hispano-Olivetti
M40 #HO48260 (Spain, early 1930s)
Japy V #14563 (France, 1931)
-- four-bank portable, German keyboard
Royal P portable #P262116
(1931) -- with Vogue typeface
Torpedo
portable #141322 (Germany, 1931) -- Cyrillic keyboard,
exported (to Mongolia?) by Wostwag, a Soviet front company based
in Berlin and Ulan Bator
Oliver portable #68119 (Italy, 1932) --
woodgrain
Masspro
#002707 (USA, 1932) -- three-bank small portable
Remington Noiseless Junior
#B10403 (USA, Sept. 1933) (read
about this model here)
Underwood #622556 (USA, 1933?) -- identical
to Remington Noiseless Junior
Olivetti MP1 (ICO)
#5907 (Italy, 1933) -- black, Belgian keyboard
Remington
Noiseless Portable #N41852 (two-tone green) (USA, Dec.
1933) (read about this model here)
Imperial Good
Companion #AC273 (England, 1935) -- portable, Swedish
keyboard
Remington 3B #C104412 (USA,
Nov. 1935) (read about
this model here)
Marx Dial, no serial number
(USA, ca. 1935) -- circular index, toy
Remington Rand Model 1 #P49630 (USA, Jan.
1936) (read
about this model here)
Tip Tip
#5606 (Czechoslovakia, 1936) -- grid index, type cylinder
Remington
Noiseless Model Seven #H49561 (USA, Jan. 1937) -- my first
typewriter (read
about this model here)
Patria
#18062 (Switzerland, ca. 1937) -- portable
Rheinmetall portable #198477
(Germany, 1937) -- ergonomic Thai keyboard
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)
Fürstenberg, no serial number
(Germany, ca. 1938) -- probably an advanced prototype of this
machine also known as the Archo-Sekretär
Rooy
Intermédiaire 28 #301088 (France, 1938) -- ivory paint
Triumph Norm 6 #5689 (Germany, ca.
1938) -- ivory paint (read
about this machine on my blog)
Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #58541 (Italy, 1938) --
red
Continental #R257169 (Germany, 1938) --
four-bank portable
Bar-Lock portable #2501 (UK, 1938)
Harrods
#54904 (Italy, 1938) -- name variant of the Olivetti MP1
portable, sold by Harrods in London
Rem Rand Pioneer #CA133500 (USA, August 1938)
-- 3.5-row keyboard (read about this model here)
Remington 17
#J101999 (USA, January 1939)
Rex #8983 (Germany, ca. 1940) --
Bulgarian keyboard; name variant of the G&O (read about this
typewriter on my blog here
and here)
DM 22 #7530 (Germany, 1940) -- name
variant of the Olympia Plana
U.S. Mirsa Ideal portable no. 5
#919426/5 (Germany, 1940) -- Czech name variant of the Erika no.
5
Hispano-Olivetti Studio 46 #330670 (Spain,
ca. 1940) -- yellow mid-sized portable, Spanish keyboard
Woodstock 5N
#N607428E (USA, 1942)
Osma #12517 (Germany, ca.
1945) -- rare portable
Regia Mixta #L-11040
(Spain, ca. 1948) -- portable
Voss #10271 (West Germany, 1949) --
red-and-black bakelite body, chrome paper table (read about the Voss on
Will Davis' site)
Original
Matous #CC 832 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1950) -- portable
Olivetti Lettera 22 #077757
(Italy, ca. 1950)
Voss #25942 (West Germany, 1951) --
red-and-black bakelite body with chrome accents
Rheinmetall #300796 (East Germany, 1952) --
portable
Express
#306049 (West Germany, June 1953) -- rare portable with plastic
body and segment
Rooy portable #27912 (France, 1953) --
ultraflat; American keyboard
Groma T #344410 (East Germany, 1953) --
portable, green
Underwood
Electric #E12-7290687 (USA, 1953) -- customized with old
keys and other modifications
Halda
no. 6 #6-288980 (Sweden, 1953)
Royal RE #EE-13-5666504 (USA, 1955) --
electric
Voss DeLuxe #114434 (West Germany, ca. 1955)
-- stripped to bare metal
Swissa
Junior #136353 (Switzerland, ca. 1955) -- portable
Patria #S21663 (Spain, ca. 1955) -- black
portable
Adler
Privat #3026068 (West Germany, 1955) -- portable
Optima #912691 (East Germany, ca. 1955) --
portable, repainted red
Monac Simplex #9701 (place and date of
manufacture unknown, 1950s?) -- French keyboard
Moskva no. 4 #10490
(USSR, 1956) -- portable, Cyrillic
Gossen Tippa Pilot #136331 (West Germany,
1956)
Siemag portable
#012233 (West Germany, 1956) -- read
about this machine on my blog
Underwood De
Luxe Quiet Tab portable #A2571453 (USA, 1956) -- two-tone
brown
Underwood De Luxe
Quiet Tab portable #AA2639689 (USA, 1956) -- green and
gray
Voss DeLuxe #128698 (West Germany, ca. 1956)
-- green
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.
Groma Kolibri #599437 (East Germany, 1957) --
silver
Royal Administrator
#49259 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- wide-carriage version of the
Royal Diana (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Voss DeLuxe #135246 (West Germany, 1957) --
big portable, maroon
Empire Aristocrat #S2/194E086 (UK, 1957) --
portable, clone of the Hermes Baby
Byron Mark I #9747 (UK,
1957) -- (read
about
this typewriter on my blog)
Olivetti
Graphika #1801920 (Italy, 1957) -- proportional spacing (read
about
this typewriter on my blog)
Junior Mod. 58 #C2268 (Spain,
ca. 1958) -- compact portable, red
Voss DeLuxe #151039 (West Germany, ca. 1958)
-- black body with black keyboard
Taylorix
Contofix Junior #155876 (West Germany, ca. 1958) --
bookkeeping typewriter made by Voss (read
about
this typewriter on my blog)
Imperial Good Companion no. 5 #5M 241 (UK,
1958) -- portable, basket shift, green
Imperial Good Companion no. 4 #4X 571 (UK,
1959) -- portable, carriage shift, blue
Sténotype Grandjean Sil. 5
#M40715 (France, 1958) -- stenotype
Royal FP
#FPS-6680671 (USA, 1959) — Patrician typeface
Rooy IN #413937
(France, 1959) (read
about
this machine on my blog and a followup)
Optima
P1 #257939 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable based on the
Olympia-Plana; Russian keyboard
Tower Chieftain #3YT175886
(USA, 1959) -- small portable, name variant of Smith-Corona
Skyriter, repainted and stripped
Groma Kolibri #637179 (East Germany, 1959) --
portable, brown/tan, Greek keyboard
Torpedo 18 #1205535 (West Germany, 1960) --
portable, black
Olympia SM4 #1505693 (West Germany, 1960) --
portable, white, script typeface
Olympia SF #95-266541 (West Germany, 1960) --
small portable, black
R. C. Allen VisOmatic #8-2163312 13 (USA,
1960) -- frontstroke, script typeface
R. C. Allen
VisOmatic Electrite #E8C-2121469 13 (USA, 1960) --
electrified keyboard, manual carriage return
Facit T2 #185559 (Sweden, 1960)
Continental #2000670
(East Germany, ca. 1961) -- usually known as Erika 10; Arabic
keyboard (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Optima Humber 99 #4011057 (East
Germany, 1961) -- name variant of the Erika 20 (read
about this machine on my blog)
Olympia SG1 #7-635495 (West Germany, 1961) --
office typewriter, repainted bluegreen
Hermes 3000
#3058336 (Switzerland, 1961) -- earlier body style; stripped to
bare metal
Neckermann Brillant S #316086 (West
Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC (read
about this machine on my blog)
Avona #500721 (West Germany, early 1960s)
-- name variant of the ABC
Groma Kolibri
#689903 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/blue
Talbos
#C6399 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- portable, green
Facit
TP1 #283467 (Sweden, 1962) -- portable
AMC
#437765 (France, 1963) -- export name variant of the Japy
Script, a clone of the Patria
Olympia SM5
#2364386 (West Germany, 1964) -- Arabic
Imperial Good Companion no. 7 #7AE 092
(UK, 1964) -- Cyrillic
Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX 206814 (USA, ca.
1965) -- stripped to bare metal
Olympia SM9 #2581142 (West Germany, 1965) --
modified, fitted into repainted SM3 body
Jaykay
#64857 (India, ca. 1965) -- portable, made in Calcutta,
identical to the late Brosette
Olympia SM8 #2723758 (West Germany, 1966) --
repainted black and silver
Wards Signature
810 #F0693817 (Japan, 1970) -- electric with manual
carriage return, made by Brother
Wards
Signature 812D #D2207866 (Japan, 1972) -- electric with
electric carriage return, made by Brother
Olivetti
Editor 2 # (USA, ca. 1972) -- electric (read
about this machine on my blog)
Moskva no. 6 #386451
(USSR, 1972) -- portable, gray (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Grants 707 Gullwing Electric #E06833
(Japan, ca. 1974) -- (read
about this machine on my blog)
Sharp Memowriter EL-7001 #11009605 (Japan,
ca. 1981) -- electronic calculator / mini-typewriter (read
about
this device on my blog)
Royal Epoch
#0815001599 (China, 2015) (read
about this machine on my blog)
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!
Sholes & Glidden
#A1119 (USA, 1875) -- 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.
Caligraph 2 #30345 (USA, ca. 1888) -- full
non-QWERTY keyboard, understroke (read about Caligraphs here)
- Caligraph 3 #38924
(USA, 1890s) (read about
Caligraphs here)
Fitch (English) #3545
(England, 1891) -- downstroke from the back, three-bank
non-QWERTY keyboard
- Densmore 1b (USA,
1891) -- understroke
- Peoples (USA, 1891) --
semicircular index
American 2, no serial number (USA, 1890s) --
semicircular index
Pearl (USA, 1891) --
semicircular index
Odell #1b (USA, 1890s) -- linear index
- Victor (USA, 1890s) --
daisywheel index
American
Visible (curved) #1776 (USA, early 1890s) -- index
American Visible
(straight), no serial number (USA, early 1890s) -- index
Densmore, first model ("1a")
#1501 (USA, ca. 1892) -- understroke
Hammond 2 (USA, 1893) -- type
shuttle (read about
Hammonds here)
American No. 7 #16447 (USA, 1890s)--
understroke
Odell
no. 2, no serial number (USA, ca. 1895) -- linear index,
with checkwriting type and regular type
The
Chicago #8654 (USA, 1897) -- type cylinder (read about the Chicago here)
Peerless #4034 (USA,
ca. 1897) -- full-keyboard understroke
- Oliver no. 3 #88838
(USA, 1898)
-
Wellington No. 2 #5063 (USA, 1898) -- thrust
action
Yost No. 4 #51801 (USA, ca. 1899) -- full
keyboard, understroke, ink pad inking (read about Yosts here)
New Century Caligraph No. 6 #12772 (USA, ca.
1899) -- full keyboard, understroke
Merritt
#15051 (USA, ca. 1900) -- linear index
Lambert No. 1 #1203 (USA, 1900) -- circular
keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
Pittsburg No. 10 #14766
(USA, 1900) -- successor to the Daugherty, the first successful
frontstroke typewriter
Williams No. 4 #17114
(USA, 1900) -- grasshopper, four-bank (read about Williams here)
Underwood No. 1
#12880-1 (USA, ca. 1901) -- four-bank frontstroke (read
about Underwoods here)
Lambert
No. 3 #7901 (USA, ca. 1902) -- circular keyboard, single
type element (read about
Lamberts here)
Salter
Improved No. 6 #8529 (UK, ca. 1905) -- three-bank,
downstroke
- Fox No. 23
#05275/31275 (USA, ca. 1906)
International No. 5, no serial number (USA,
ca. 1907) -- linear index
- Remington no. 7
#223995 (USA, 1907) -- understroke
-
Blickensderfer
No. 8 #130721 (USA, 1907) -- three-bank,typewheel
Yetman Transmitting Typewriter #1080 (USA,
1908) -- telegraphic typewriter
Salter 10 #15477
(England, ca. 1910) -- three-bank, downstroke from the front
Bennett
(USA, 1910) -- miniature typewriter; typewheel
Blickensderfer no. 7 #144749 (USA, ca. 1910)
-- typewheel; aluminum
Sterling
#3124 (USA, ca. 1910) -- swinging sector, three-bank keyboard,
hammer hits paper from the back
Standard Folding
#11595 (USA, ca. 1910) -- aluminum portable with folding
carriage
Yost no. 15 #032041 (USA,
ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, grasshopper
Erika no. 1 #3032
(Germany, ca. 1911) -- portable with folding carriage
Simplex 1911 Special #3 (USA, 1911) -- toy
index, double-case (read
about Simplexes here)
Blickensderfer
6 #162351 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel; aluminum
Royal No. 5 #113790-5 (USA, 1912)
-- frontstroke, "flatbed" design
Stenotype #14047 (USA, ca. 1912) --
stenographic machine
Emerson no. 3 #8367
(USA, ca. 1912) -- frontstroke, typebars swing in from the sides
(read
about Emersons here)
Rapid No. 10 #35921 (USA,
ca. 1913) -- name variant of the Fox 23
Home Blickensderfer #170020 (USA, 1913) --
typewheel, Scientific keyboard
Salter Visible #J32629 (UK, 1913) —
oblique frontstroke with basket shift
Emerson no. 3
#13653 (USA, ca. 1914)
Ideal A4 #98442 (Germany,
1914) -- four-bank oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on
side
-
Simplex 1 Special
(USA, 1915) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
Hammond Multiplex
#AL212054 (USA, ca. 1915) -- 3-bank type-shuttle machine, green
Fox portable #1 #302 (USA, 1917)
Fox portable no. 1
#5221 (USA, ca. 1917) (read about Foxes here)
Fox portable no. 2 #10017 (USA, ca. 1918) (read about Foxes here)
Molle no. 3 #2590
(USA, 1918) -- frontstroke, three-bank (read about this machine
here)
Century 10 #HS90099
(USA, June 1919) -- frontstroke, three-bank
-
Century
10 HV90146 (USA, July 1919) -- three-bank frontstroke,
double shift
- Century 10 #HX00038
(USA, May 1920)
- Noiseless no. 4 #42041
(USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank thrust-action quiet typewriter
with metal platen
Imperial D Portable
#60790 (base) / #60350 (keyboard) (England, ca. 1920) --
three-bank downstroke
MW #11733 (Germany, 1920s)
-- index machine, also known as Gundka, Frolio, etc.
Oliver
9 #886730 (USA, ca. 1920) -- U-shaped typebars, downstroke
from the side (read about this machine here)
Victor no. 10 #54668
(USA, ca. 1920) -- four-bank frontstroke
Noiseless portable
#92 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
Remington Portable no. 1 #NM11229 (USA, Feb.
1921) -- black/gold paint (read about this model here)
Fox Sterling #S12688
(USA, 1921) -- three-bank portable, Spanish keyboard (read about Foxes here)
-
Carmen
#3175 (Germany, 1921) -- 3-bank
Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #40496
(USA, 1922) -- three
-bank frontstroke
Gourland #1533 (USA, ca.
1922) -- four-bank portable
Corona No. 3 #584594 (USA,
1922) -- frontstroke; carriage folds down onto keyboard
-
Juventa, no serial
number (Italy, ca. 1922) -- three-bank portable, repainted and
labeled "Corona"
- Mignon 4 #274295
(Germany, 1920s) -- index (read about this machine here)
Oliver 11 #1016985
(USA, ca. 1923)
Oliver L-12 #1018364
(USA, 1923) -- three-bank, downstroke from the side, nickel
plated, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
Monica No. 1 #825 (Germany,
1924) -- mid-sized frontstroke
-
Royal
No. 10 # X-1019026 (USA, 1926)
- Remington Portable No. 2
#ND79747 (USA, Sept. 1927) (read about this model here)
- Underwood Portable
#4B186920 (USA, 1928)
Simplex Practical Number
200 (USA, between 1924 and 1932) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
Remington Portable
No. 3 #V134032 (USA, Jan. 1929) -- two-tone turquoise (read about this model
here)
Remington Portable No. 3 #V275177 (USA, 1929)
-- two-tone green (read
about this model here)
Underwood Portable #458501
(USA, 1929) -- Ukrainian keyboard
-
Royal Standard Portable #OT336030 (USA, 1929)
-- black
Senta no. 4
#48051 (Germany, ca. 1929) -- four-bank portable
Stoewer #123759
(Germany, ca. 1930) -- four-bank portable
Demountable no. 2
#146958 (USA, ca. 1930) -- frontstroke, easy to dismantle (read about the Demountable on Will Davis' site)
Royal P #P202830 (USA, 1930) --
portable with Vogue typeface
Corona Special #JX657395 (USA, 1931) --
folding portable with gold highlights
Rheinmetall portable
#30561 (Germany, 1931)
Underwood Noiseless 77 #736897 (USA, 1931) (read
about this model here)
Porto-Rite
#SR10815 (USA, 1932)
Merz
Universal #58095 (Germany, 1932) -- four-bank portable
Monarch Pioneer
#S24372 (USA, August 1932) -- capitals-only portable, green (read about this model here)
Remie Scout, double-case #S66172 (USA, 1932)
(read about
this model here)
- Remington Portable Model 5
(boxy) #V601539 (USA, Oct. 1932) (read about this
model here)
Royal Signet #E9780 (USA, 1932) --
capitals-only portable (read about this model here)
- Corona Standard
#2C184108 (USA, 1935)
Royal Signet
#E3266 (USA, ca. 1933) -- capitals-only portable
Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H31240 (USA,
Sept. 1934) -- two-tone green
Burroughs 50 #50A5748
(USA, 1934)
Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #20548 (Italy, 1935) --
black, German keyboard, sold in Vienna
Royal Junior #J52398 (USA, 1935) -- Greek
keyboard
Tachotype #40196
(Netherlands, ca. 1935) -- stenotype (read
about
this machine on Frank Notten's blog)
Corona Silent
#1S16478 (USA, 1935) -- portable, maroon
Erika no. 5
#30074/30045 (Germany, 1935)
Remington 9 #F13383
(USA, February 1936) (read about this model here)
Monarch #C60782
(USA, April 1936) -- name variant of the Remington Compact
portable (read about this model here)
Remington 5 portable (streamlined) #V925808
(USA, 1937) (read about this model here)
Corona Junior #1F 26843J (USA, 1937)
Erika M #612815/M (Germany, 1937)
Varityper #409600-9
(USA, ca. 1937) -- three-bank, type shuttle, electric
-
Hermes Featherweight #107389 (Switzerland,
1937)
Adler
32 #535066 (Germany, 1937)
Remington
Noiseless 8 #E36907 (USA, Oct. 1937) (read about this model here)
Underwood Noiseless
77 #930677 (maroon) (USA, Sept. 1937) (read about this model here)
Remington Victor S Portable #VV909435 (UK
assembled from US
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ca. 1937) -- British version of the streamlined #5 portable (read about this model here)
Rem Rand Pioneer
#C109305 (USA, Oct. 1937) -- caps only
Mercedes Superba #85747 (Germany, 1937) --
portable with noise-reducing typebar cover
Imperial Good Companion (England, late 1930s)
-- portable
- Remington Junior
#S256639 (USA, Jan. 1938) (read about this model here)
Hermes Baby
#171163 (Switzerland, 1938) -- Czech keyboard
Corona Sterling
#2A51871 (USA, 1938) -- streamlined, maroon
L. C. Smith Super-Speed #1452332-11 (USA,
1938)
-
Remington Noiseless
Portable #N125431 (USA, March 1938) -- maroon, in deluxe
case
Rem-Rand Bantam
#C153272 (USA, November 1938) -- child's portable typewriter,
caps only (read about this model here)
Remington
Model 1 #PD162715 (USA, November 1938) -- "noisy
noiseless" portable
Remington Envoy
#SD272431 (USA, Nov. 1938) -- Portuguese keyboard (read about this model here)
Groma N #208701 (Germany,
ca. 1938) -- four-bank portable, maroon
Rheinmetall
portable #227388 (Germany, 1938) -- maroon wood-grain
finish, italic type
Adler Favorit 2
#579597 (Germany, 1939) -- thrust action portable
Hermes 2000 #43664
(Switzerland, 1939) -- four-bank portable
Klein-Urania #182519 (Germany,
1939) -- portable, maroon, Norwegian keyboard
DM No. 3 #199200 (Germany, ca.
1939) -- portable, name variant of Olympia Progress
- Barr #37890 (USA, late
1930s) -- portable, gray
Barr #39213 (USA, ca. 1939) -- portable
Remington Model 1 #PD173510 (USA,
Sept. 1939) -- "noisy noiseless" portable (read about this model here)
Everest
90 no. #39598 (Italy, 1940) -- red portable, italic
typeface, nonstandard English keyboard
Olympia-Plana #16700
(Germany, 1940) -- bakelite body, Hungarian keyboard
Remington Streamliner #B110873 (USA, Sept.
1941) (read about this model here)
Kappel VA
#0325652 (Germany, 1940s) (read about this typewriter on my blog)
Underwood S #S11-5752950 (USA, 1943)
Remer #000126 (Spain, 1945)
-
Remington
Electric DeLuxe #E1532887 (USA, March 1949)
-
Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1788992 (USA, 1949) --
gold-plated portable
Remington "1949" portable
#BT1710965 (USA, December 1948) — carriage shift, white numeral
keys
Remington
All-New Portable #A1901769 (USA, June 1949) — basket
shift, white numeral keys
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)
Olympia SM1 #74536
(West Germany, 1950) -- portable, black
Keaton Music Typewriter
#2294 (USA, ca. 1950) -- downstroke, circular-keyboard music
typewriter
Hogar
(Spain, ca. 1950) -- linear index typewriter (read about this
typewriter in ETCetera no. 91
and no. 92)
Oliver portable #5117593 (UK, 1951) --
licensed copy of the Patria, Greek keyboard
Remington Quiet-Riter
#QT2254731 (USA, Oct. 1951) -- repainted blue-green
Triumph Norm 6
#656801 (West Germany, 1952) -- green portable
Juwel Rapid #H50994 (West Germany,
1952)
Torpedo 20 #613108 (West Germany,
1952) -- portable with segment shift (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Siemag II T #035877 II T (West
Germany, 1952) (read
about this machine on my blog)
Smith-Corona
Silent #5S423913 (USA, 1953)
Groma Gromina #505711
(East Germany, 1953) -- ultraflat, maroon with red keys, earlier
body style
Blue
Bird #707258 (West Germany, 1954) -- name variant of the
Torpedo portable, British keyboard
Everest K2 #519941
(Italy, 1954) -- portable, black
Groma Gromina #528909
(East Germany, ca. 1954) -- ultraflat, maroon with black keys,
later body style
Halberg
Traveler #45753 (Netherlands, 1954) (read about the Halberg on Will Davis' site)
Calanda
F #50879 (Switzerland, 1954)
Olivetti
Lettera
22 #437957 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
Groma
Combina (East Germany, 195x) -- read
about this typewriter on Will Davis' site
Royal
HH #HHE-5594986 (USA, 1955)
Lorenz Lo15 teletype
#11044/DP (West Germany, ca. 1955) (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Groma Kolibri #568176
(East Germany, 1955) -- black
Alma Jolson
#A-04018 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- name variant of the Antares Parva,
sold in US
Olivetti Lettera 22 #360952 (Italy, ca. 1955)
-- portable
Smith-Corona 88 #88E4254613-13 (USA, 1955) --
repainted pink and black
Groma Kolibri
#559054 (East Germany, 1955) -- ultraslim portable, maroon
American Deluxe
#1145938 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- relabeled Optima Elite
portable, green
Optima M10 #120348
(East Germany, ca. 1955) -- read
my blog post about this typewriter
Smith-Corona
Silent-Super #5T 343881X (USA, 1956) -- including "Yes/No"
key
Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab
portable #AB2668636 (USA, 1956) -- black and white
Brosette #028160 (West Germany, ca. 1956) --
portable, silver
Halda portable #P81422 (Sweden, 1956)
Voss DeLuxe #137313 (West Germany,
1957)
Torpedo 30
#972710 (West Germany, 1957) -- Venezuelan keyboard
Alpina #74921 (West Germany, 1957)
Adler Universal
#1172288 (West Germany, 1957) -- read
about this typewriter on my blog
Triumph DeJur Perfekt
#1231288 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- portable, cream/maroon
MBM Mercury #ZP-80235
(Czechoslovakia, ca. 1957) -- name variant of the Consul 1511 (read about the Consul on
Will Davis' site)
Remington Travel-Riter
#TR540763 (Holland, Oct. 1957) -- portable, repainted gold
Halda Star #7-067400 (Sweden, 1957) (read
about this typewriter on my blog)
Remington Quiet-Riter
#QR3515274 (USA, Feb. 1958) -- portable, repainted gold
Rooy portable #61618 (France,
1958) -- ultraflat
Olympia SM3
#1202008 (West Germany, 1958) -- with USB Typewriter conversion
kit
Eichner
#973881 (West Germany, 1958) -- name variant of the Torpedo 18
with long carriage and decimal tabulator
Winsor
Special De Luxe #B-1070 (Spain, ca. 1958) -- compact
portable, gray
Voss DeLuxe #156738
(West Germany, 1958) -- maroon and ivory
Olivetti Lexikon
80E #1063166 (Italy, 1958) -- electric
Steelmaster
#BB/53870 (UK, 1958) -- name variant of the Oliver Courier
Voss DeLuxe #158905 (West Germany, 1959) --
black body with grey keyboard
Torpedo 18 #1073358
(West Germany, 1959) -- The Purple Prose Producer (read about this machine on my blog)
Remington Super-Riter
#J2882193 (USA, 1959)
Olympia SM3 DeLuxe
#1114492 (West Germany, 1959) -- portable, repainted blue
Elgin Collegiate
#605372 (Japan, ca. 1960) — made by Nippo
Voss DeLuxe #230962 (West Germany, ca. 1960)
-- blue and white
Olivetti Pluma 22 #226431 (Spain, ca.
1960) -- pink; like the Lettera 22 but no tabulator; Spanish
keyboard
Alba A4 (Italy,
ca. 1960) — compact student typewriter made by Antares
ABC
#3-64682 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, orange
Princess 100 #109241 (West Germany, ca. 1960)
-- portable, gray
Erika 10 #1909032 (East
Germany, 1960) -- portable
Annabella #D-042596-5039
(Italy, ca. 1960) -- German keyboard, made by Antares (read
about
Antares on Will Davis' site)
Hilton
#D-080318-6090 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- name variant of the Antares
Underwood Oxford (Italy, ca.
1960) — made by Antares
Aztec 700 #1976404 (East Germany, 1961) --
export name variant of the Erika 10
Consul Silent
#ZP-185854 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1961)
Groma Kolibri #682069 (East Germany, ca.
1961) -- ivory/red
Olympia SM4 #1666464
(West Germany, 1961) -- gold-plated trim
Groma Humber #668875 (East
Germany, ca. 1961) -- rare export name variant of the Kolibri,
ivory/green
AMC #316757 (West Germany, ca. 1962) -- name
variant of the Alpina
Groma Kolibri Luxus
#A18172 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/tan
Olympia SF DeLuxe
#562094 (West Germany, 1962) -- flat portable, script typeface
Aztec 600
#620677 (East Germany, 1962) -- export name variant of the
Rheinmetall KsT portable, two-tone brown
Olivetti
Studio 44 #359954 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- chromed in the 21st
century
Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX180041 (USA, 1963)
Andina Grafos #D3438
(Spain, ca. 1963) -- portable, successor to the Talbos
Triumph Perfekt #3062647 (West Germany, ca.
1963) -- portable, tan
Voss Privat #223959 (West Germany, 1963) --
sold at the factory to an American, QWERTY keyboard with script
type
Adler Special #2331897 (West
Germany, 1964)
IBM Model C Executive
#2189953 (USA, 1964) -- proportional, electric (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Olympia SM5 #2431368 (West Germany, 1965)
Scheidegger Princess Matic
#338556 (West Germany, ca. 1965) -- name variant of the Princess
300
Florida #H49535 (Spain,
ca. 1965) -- portable
Alpina Baby #373227
(Japan, 1960s) -- made by Nippo; also seen as Condor and Rexina
Gritzner
#025822 (West Germany, 1960s) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY "legend
lettering machine" for typing on blueprints
Consul 232 #7 232 452348 (Czechoslovakia,
1967)
Cavalier Speedwriter #7 221 033989
(Czechoslovakia/Canada, 1967) -- name variant of the Consul 221,
assembled and sold in Canada
Gritzner #031342 (West
Germany, 1967) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY lettering machine, with
kit and Dutch instructions
Hermes 3000
#3448751 (Switzerland, 1968) -- later body style
Signature 440T
(Japan, 1968) -- made by Brother
Princess
Standard #459186 (West Germany, ca. 1968)
Remington 333 #E8971648 (Japan, May 1968) --
small portable made by Brother
Olivetti Lettera 33 (Italy, ca. 1969)
Hermes
Baby #9413117 (Switzerland, ca. 1970)
Olivetti Valentine
#2101192 (Mexico, ca. 1970) — Spanish keyboard, cubic typeface
Olivetti Lettera 32 #6677466
(Spain, ca. 1973) — Hebrew keyboard
Grants 737
Deluxe (Japan, ca. 1973) — made by Nakajima
Princess 500 #687947 (West Germany,
ca. 1974)
Andina Especial 90
#75004 (Spain, ca. 1975) -- portable
Sperry-Rand
Remington 10 (Brazil, 1980s) -- Spanish keyboard
Olympia Traveller Deluxe
#15-7119191 (Yugoslavia, ca. 1985) -- Thai keyboard
Ortekh #446574 (Russia,
1993) -- portable (read
about
this machine on my blog)
Generation 3000 #05-25438 (China, 2005) --
portable (read
about
this typewriter on Will Davis' site)
Royal Scrittore II #0912002099
(China, 2012) (read
about
this machine on my blog)
