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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

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Collection List

  1. Crandall New Model #3715 (USA, ca. 1889) -- curved two-bank non-QWERTY keyboard, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
  2. 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)
  3. National #1295 (USA, ca. 1891) -- understroke, three-bank, curved keyboard (large-spacebar model with spacebar missing)
  4. Smith Premier No. 1 #33506 (USA, ca. 1895) -- full keyboard, understroke
  5. Jewett No. 2 #6113 (USA, 1895) -- full keyboard, understroke
  6. Granville Automatic #5795 (USA, 1896) -- thrust action
  7. New Franklin #5509 (USA, ca. 1896) -- downstroke from the front, curved three-bank keyboard (read about Franklins here)
  8. Williams No. 2 #10612 (USA, ca. 1899) -- grasshopper, three-bank (read about Williams here)
  9. Crandall Visible no. 4 #51767 (USA, ca. 1900) -- three-bank, type cylinder (read about Crandalls here)
  10. Sholes visible #4004 (USA, ca. 1901) -- frontstroke with typebars aligned in two rows (read about this machine on my blog)
  11. Fay-Sho No. 4 #4817 (USA, ca. 1901) -- "bronze" understroke (actually copper plated) with neoclassical design
  12. Moya no. 1 #1138 (UK, ca. 1902) -- three-bank, type cylinder
  13. Smith Premier No. 2 #77492 (USA, 1902) -- full keyboard, understroke
  14. Blickensderfer No. 5 #71678 (USA, 1902) -- typewheel, Scientific Polish keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  15. Commercial Visible no. 6 #23203 (USA, ca. 1902) -- typewheel
  16. Lambert no. 3 #8678 (USA, ca. 1902) -- circular keyboard, interchangeable type element
  17. Postal 5 #25892 (USA, 1904) -- three-bank, typewheel
  18. Monarch no. 2 #437 (USA, 1904)
  19. Moya no. 2 #3324 (UK, ca. 1905) -- three-bank, type cylinder
  20. Sun Standard No. 2 #16044 (USA, ca. 1905) -- 3-bank frontstroke, ink roller
  21. Royal Bar-Lock shift-key model #6610 (England, ca. 1905) -- rare four-bank version of the Bar-Lock
  22. Fox No. 3 #A7774/14731 (USA, ca. 1905) -- understroke (read about Foxes here)
  23. L.C. Smith No. 2 #19901-2 (USA, 1906) -- frontstroke
  24. Polygraph no. 3 (ca. 1906) -- 3-bank, downstroke
  25. Chicago No. 3 #2016 (USA, ca. 1908) -- horizontal type cylinder, 3-bank keyboard
  26. Fox No. 23 #05619/31619 (USA, 1908) -- frontstroke (read about Foxes here)
  27. Blickensderfer No. 8 #141296 (USA, 1908) -- three-bank, typewheel, aluminum frame
  28. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter, no serial number (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter (read about the Yetman here)
  29. Stearns #2137 (USA, ca. 1908)
  30. Columbia Bar-Lock No. 14 #163655 (USA, 1910) -- full keyboard, downstroke from front
  31. Blickensderfer no. 7 #148967 (USA, 1910) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  32. Harry A. Smith no. 6 #7447 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, relabeled Victor (read about Victors on Will Davis' site)
  33. Kancléř no. 3 #8859 (Germany, ca. 1910) -- Czech version of the Kanzler
  34. Bennett #13103 (USA, 1910) -- miniature typewheel machine with 3-bank keyboard
  35. Blickensderfer no. 6 #160030 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel; aluminum
  36. Oliver No. 5 #386425 (USA, ca. 1912) -- nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
  37. Harris Visible No. 4 #14936 (USA, ca. 1913) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about the Harris on Will Davis' site)
  38. L. C. Smith no. 5 #196236-5 (USA, 1913) -- nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
  39. Secor No. 2 #5380 (USA, ca. 1913) -- frontstroke with decimal tabulator
  40. Reporters Special #20282 (USA, ca. 1914) -- name variant of the Harris
  41. Chicago #73715 (USA, ca. 1915) -- horizontal type cylinder, 3-bank keyboard
  42. Aztec #56191 (USA, ca. 1915) -- name variant of the Pittsburg, Spanish keyboard (story in ETCetera no. 85)
  43. Visigraph #13807 (USA, ca. 1915) -- frontstroke
  44. Blickensderfer no. 9 #186280 (USA, 1916) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this machine here)
  45. Helios-Klimax #13660 (Germany, ca. 1919) -- two-bank, triple shift, typewheel, Spanish keyboard
  46. Blick Ninety #E-1156 (USA, 1919) -- portable with exchangeable typebasket
  47. Adji Såkå #2804 (Germany, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable, name variant of the Meteor
  48. Remington Portable no. 1 #NM10936 (USA, Feb. 1921) (read about this model here)
  49. Unda #1322 (Austria, 1921) -- 3-bank
  50. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #12408 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (earlier design, patent pending)
  51. Hesperia #74A (Italy, 1922) -- frontstroke
  52. Stoewer Record #61748 (Germany, 1922)
  53. Portex No. 5 #19417 (USA, ca. 1922) -- three-bank portable (read about the Portex on Will Davis' site)
  54. Hammond Folding Multiplex #F244370G2 (USA, 1923) -- 3 bank type-shuttle machine, keyboard folds up
  55. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #82370 (USA, 1923) -- three-bank frontstroke
  56. Dayton #AX93 (USA, 1924) -- four-bank portable (story in ETCetera no. 85)
  57. Noiseless Portable #6042 (USA, 1924) -- three-bank
  58. Woodstock Electrite #E11-39705 (USA, ca. 1925) -- electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  59. Stoewer Elite #E42713 (Germany, ca. 1925) -- three-bank portable, Hungarian keyboard, sold in Prague
  60. Victoria no. 5 #127 (Spain, ca. 1926) -- first Spanish typewriter brand
  61. Underwood No. 5 #2096819-5 (USA, 1926) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  62. Victor portable #0010XX (last two digits filed off?) (USA, ca. 1927)
  63. Neya #31679 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- three-bank portable
  64. Bing No. 2 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- oblique frontstroke, "educational" typewriter
  65. Merz No. 2 #6049 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- Bulgarian keyboard
  66. Rem-Blick #KX80608 (USA, May 1928) -- typewheel (read about this machine here)
  67. Corona 4 #S4M02555 (USA, 1928) -- "Mountain Ash Scarlet" finish
  68. Diamant 28 #16545 (Germany, ca. 1928) -- portable with large vertical segment
  69. Gloria #4205 (Italy, 1928 or 1929) -- first Italian four-bank portable
  70. Remington 92 #Z155356 (USA, April 1929) -- Hebrew version of the no. 12
  71. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #210944 (USA, 1929) -- three-bank frontstroke, green marble paint
  72. Unknown prototype portable (no serial number) (USA? 1920s?)
  73. Electric Braille prototype (USA, ca. 1930) -- based on a Woodstock no. 5, inventor and constructor unknown (story in ETCetera no. 77)
  74. Barr #P13796 (USA, ca. 1930) -- portable, blue (read about the Barr on Will Davis' site) (read an update from him here)
  75. Barr Special #P16230 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, black
  76. Barr Universal #C2U658 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, maroon
  77. Hispano-Olivetti M40 #HO48260 (Spain, early 1930s)
  78. Japy V #14563 (France, 1931) -- four-bank portable, German keyboard
  79. Royal P portable #P262116 (1931) -- with Vogue typeface
  80. Torpedo portable #141322 (Germany, 1931) -- Cyrillic keyboard, exported (to Mongolia?) by Wostwag, a Soviet front company based in Berlin and Ulan Bator
  81. Oliver portable #68119 (Italy, 1932) -- woodgrain
  82. Masspro #002707 (USA, 1932) -- three-bank small portable
  83. Remington Noiseless Junior #B10403 (USA, Sept. 1933) (read about this model here)
  84. Underwood #622556 (USA, 1933?) -- identical to Remington Noiseless Junior
  85. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #5907 (Italy, 1933) -- black, Belgian keyboard
  86. Remington Noiseless Portable #N41852 (two-tone green) (USA, Dec. 1933) (read about this model here)
  87. Imperial Good Companion #AC273 (England, 1935) -- portable, Swedish keyboard
  88. Remington 3B #C104412 (USA, Nov. 1935) (read about this model here)
  89. Marx Dial, no serial number (USA, ca. 1935) -- circular index, toy
  90. Remington Rand Model 1 #P49630 (USA, Jan. 1936) (read about this model here)
  91. Tip Tip #5606 (Czechoslovakia, 1936) -- grid index, type cylinder
  92. Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H49561 (USA, Jan. 1937) -- my first typewriter (read about this model here)
  93. Rheinmetall portable #198477 (Germany, 1937) -- ergonomic Thai keyboard
  94. 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)
  95. Smith-Corona Standard #1C130983 (USA, 1937) -- gold-plated with turboplaten, inscribed
  96. Fürstenberg, no serial number (Germany, ca. 1938) -- probably an advanced prototype of this machine also known as the Archo-Sekretär
  97. Rooy Intermédiaire 28 #301088 (France, 1938) -- ivory paint
  98. Triumph Norm 6 #5689 (Germany, ca. 1938) -- ivory paint (read about this machine on my blog)
  99. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #58541 (Italy, 1938) -- red
  100. Continental #R257169 (Germany, 1938) -- four-bank portable
  101. Bar-Lock portable #2501 (UK, 1938)
  102. Rem Rand Pioneer #CA133500 (USA, August 1938) -- 3.5-row keyboard (read about this model here)
  103. Remington 17 #J101999 (USA, January 1939)
  104. Rex #8983 (Germany, ca. 1940) -- Bulgarian keyboard; name variant of the G&O (read about this typewriter on my blog here and here)
  105. DM 22 #7530 (Germany, 1940) -- name variant of the Olympia Plana
  106. U.S. Mirsa Ideal portable no. 5 #919426/5 (Germany, 1940) -- Czech name variant of the Erika no. 5
  107. Woodstock 5N #N607428E (USA, 1942)
  108. Osma #12517 (Germany, ca. 1945) -- rare portable
  109. Smith-Corona Super-Speed #1A2189113-11 (USA, 1948)
  110. Voss #10271 (West Germany, 1949) -- red-and-black bakelite body, chrome paper table (read about the Voss on Will Davis' site)
  111. Original Matous #CC 832 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1950) -- portable
  112. Olivetti Lettera 22 #077757 (Italy, ca. 1950)
  113. Voss #25942 (West Germany, 1951) -- red-and-black bakelite body with chrome accents
  114. Rheinmetall #300796 (East Germany, 1952) -- portable
  115. Express #306049 (West Germany, June 1953) -- rare portable with plastic body and segment
  116. Rooy portable #27912 (France, 1953) -- ultraflat; American keyboard
  117. Groma T #344410 (East Germany, 1953) -- portable, green
  118. Underwood All-Electric #E12-7290687 (USA, 1953) -- customized with old keys and other modifications
  119. Halda no. 6 #6-288980 (Sweden, 1953)
  120. Triumph Durabel #719228 (West Germany, 1954)
  121. IBM Model B Executive with Modern Type #112096 (USA, 1954) -- proportional electric
  122. Royal RE #EE-13-5666504 (USA, 1955) -- electric
  123. Voss ST 24 #114434 (West Germany, ca. 1955) -- stripped to bare metal
  124. Swissa Junior #136353 (Switzerland, ca. 1955) -- portable
  125. Adler Privat #3026068 (West Germany, 1955) -- portable
  126. Optima #912691 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- portable, repainted red
  127. Monac Simplex #9701 (place and date of manufacture unknown, 1950s?) -- French keyboard
  128. Moskva no. 4 #10490 (USSR, 1956) -- portable, Cyrillic
  129. Gossen Tippa Pilot #136331 (West Germany, 1956)
  130. Siemag portable #012233 (West Germany, 1956) -- read about this machine on my blog
  131. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #A2571453 (USA, 1956) -- two-tone brown
  132. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AA2639689 (USA, 1956) -- green and gray
  133. Voss ST 24 #128698 (West Germany, ca. 1956) -- green
  134. 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.
  135. Groma Kolibri #599437 (East Germany, 1957) -- silver
  136. Royal Administrator #49259 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- wide-carriage version of the Royal Diana (read about this machine on my blog)
  137. Voss ST 24 #135246 (West Germany, 1957) -- big portable, maroon
  138. Empire Aristocrat #S2/194E086 (UK, 1957) -- portable, clone of the Hermes Baby
  139. Byron Mark I #9747 (UK, 1957) -- (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  140. Olivetti Graphika #1801920 (Italy, 1957) -- proportional spacing (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  141. Voss ST 24 #151039 (West Germany, 1958) -- black body with black keyboard
  142. Taylorix Contofix Junior #155876 (West Germany, 1958) -- bookkeeping typewriter made by Voss (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  143. Steelmaster #BB/53870 (UK, 1958) -- name variant of the Oliver Courier
  144. Imperial Good Companion no. 5 #5M 241 (UK, 1958) -- portable, basket shift, green
  145. Imperial Good Companion no. 4 #4X 571 (UK, 1959) -- portable, carriage shift, blue
  146. Sténotype Grandjean Sil. 5 #M40715 (France, 1958) -- stenotype
  147. Royal FP #FPS-6680671 (USA, 1959) — Patrician typeface
  148. Rooy IN #413937 (France, 1959) (read about this machine on my blog and a followup)
  149. Optima P1 #257939 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable based on the Olympia-Plana; Russian keyboard
  150. Groma Kolibri #637179 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable, brown/tan, Greek keyboard
  151. Torpedo 18 #1205535 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, black
  152. Royal Royalite #RL-4444197 (Netherlands, 1960) -- alphabetical keyboard
  153. Olympia SM4 #1505693 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, white, script typeface
  154. Olympia SF #95-266541 (West Germany, 1960) -- small portable, black
  155. R. C. Allen VisOmatic #8-2163312 13 (USA, 1960) -- frontstroke, script typeface
  156. R. C. Allen VisOmatic Electrite #E8C-2121469 13 (USA, 1960) -- electrified keyboard, manual carriage return
  157. Continental #2000670 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- usually known as Erika 10; Arabic keyboard (read about this machine on my blog)
  158. Optima Humber 99 #4011057 (East Germany, 1961) -- name variant of the Erika 20 (read about this machine on my blog)
  159. Olympia SG1 #7-635495 (West Germany, 1961) -- office typewriter, repainted bluegreen
  160. Hermes 3000 #3058336 (Switzerland, 1961) -- earlier body style; stripped to bare metal
  161. Neckermann Brillant S #316086 (West Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC (read about this machine on my blog)
  162. Avona #500721 (West Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC
  163. Groma Kolibri #689903 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/blue
  164. Aztec 600 #620480 (East Germany, 1962) -- name variant of the Rheinmetall KsT (read about this machine on my blog)
  165. Facit TP1 #283467 (Sweden, 1962) -- portable
  166. AMC #437765 (France, 1963) -- export name variant of the Japy Script, a clone of the Patria
  167. Olympia SM5 #2364386 (West Germany, 1964) -- Arabic
  168. Imperial Good Companion no. 7 #7AE 092 (UK, 1964) -- Cyrillic
  169. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX 206814 (USA, ca. 1965) -- stripped to bare metal
  170. Olympia SM9 #2581142 (West Germany, 1965) -- modified, fitted into repainted SM3 body
  171. Jaykay #64857 (India, ca. 1965) -- portable, made in Calcutta, identical to the late Brosette
  172. Olympia SM8 #2723758 (West Germany, 1966) -- repainted black and silver
  173. Wards Signature 810 #F0693817 (Japan, 1970) -- electric with manual carriage return, made by Brother
  174. Wards Signature 812D #D2207866 (Japan, 1972) -- electric with electric carriage return, made by Brother
  175. Olivetti Editor 2 # (USA, ca. 1972) -- electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  176. Moskva no. 6 #386451 (USSR, 1972) -- portable, gray (read about this machine on my blog)
  177. Marx Adventure (Japan, ca. 1972) -- toy typewriter imitating the Olivetti Valentine (read about it on my blog)
  178. Grants 707 Gullwing Electric #E06833 (Japan, ca. 1974) -- (read about this machine on my blog)
  179. Sharp Memowriter EL-7001 #11009605 (Japan, ca. 1981) -- electronic calculator / mini-typewriter (read about this device on my blog)
  180. 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!

  1. 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.
  2. Caligraph 2 #30345 (USA, ca. 1888) -- full non-QWERTY keyboard, understroke (read about Caligraphs here)
  3. Caligraph 3 #38924 (USA, 1890s) (read about Caligraphs here)
  4. Fitch (English) #3545 (England, 1891) -- downstroke from the back, three-bank non-QWERTY keyboard
  5. Densmore 1b (USA, 1891) -- understroke
  6. Peoples (USA, 1891) -- semicircular index
  7. American 2, no serial number (USA, 1890s) -- semicircular index
  8. Pearl (USA, 1891) -- semicircular index
  9. Odell #1b (USA, 1890s) -- linear index
  10. Victor (USA, 1890s) -- daisywheel index
  11. American Visible (curved) #1776 (USA, early 1890s) -- index
  12. American Visible (straight), no serial number (USA, early 1890s) -- index
  13. Densmore, first model ("1a") #1501 (USA, ca. 1892) -- understroke
  14. Hammond 2 (USA, 1893) -- type shuttle (read about Hammonds here)
  15. American No. 7 #16447 (USA, 1890s)-- understroke
  16. The New Yost #18678 (USA, 1890s) -- understroke, full keyboard, ink pad, grasshopper mechanism
  17. Odell no. 2, no serial number (USA, ca. 1895) -- linear index, with checkwriting type and regular type
  18. The Chicago #8654 (USA, 1897) -- type cylinder (read about the Chicago here)
  19. Peerless #4034 (USA, ca. 1897) -- full-keyboard understroke
  20. Oliver no. 3 #88838 (USA, 1898)

  22. Wellington No. 2 #5063 (USA, 1898) -- thrust action
  23. Yost No. 4 #51801 (USA, ca. 1899) -- full keyboard, understroke, ink pad inking (read about Yosts here)
  24. New Century Caligraph No. 6 #12772 (USA, ca. 1899) -- full keyboard, understroke

  26. Merritt #15051 (USA, ca. 1900) -- linear index
  27. Lambert No. 1 #1203 (USA, 1900) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  28. Pittsburg No. 10 #14766 (USA, 1900) -- successor to the Daugherty, the first successful frontstroke typewriter
  29. Williams No. 4 #17114 (USA, 1900) -- grasshopper, four-bank (read about Williams here)
  30. Underwood No. 1 #12880-1 (USA, ca. 1901) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about Underwoods here)
  31. Lambert No. 3 #7901 (USA, ca. 1902) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  32. Ideal A3 #19616 (Germany, 1904) -- oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side    
  33. Salter Improved No. 6 #8529 (UK, ca. 1905) -- three-bank, downstroke
  34. Fox No. 23 #05275/31275 (USA, ca. 1906)
  35. International No. 5, no serial number (USA, ca. 1907) -- linear index
  36. Remington no. 7 #223995 (USA, 1907) -- understroke
  37. Blickensderfer No. 8 #130721 (USA, 1907) -- three-bank,typewheel
  38. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter #1080 (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter
  39. Salter 10 #15477 (England, ca. 1910) -- three-bank, downstroke from the front
  40. Bennett (USA, 1910) -- miniature typewriter; typewheel
  41. Blickensderfer no. 7 #144749 (USA, ca. 1910) -- typewheel; aluminum
  42. Sterling #3124 (USA, ca. 1910) -- swinging sector, three-bank keyboard, hammer hits paper from the back
  43. Standard Folding #11595 (USA, ca. 1910) -- aluminum portable with folding carriage
  44. Yost no. 15 #032041 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, grasshopper
  45. Erika no. 1 #3032 (Germany, ca. 1911) -- portable with folding carriage
  46. Simplex 1911 Special #3 (USA, 1911) -- toy index, double-case (read about Simplexes here)
  47. Blickensderfer 6 #162351 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel; aluminum
  48. Royal No. 5 #113790-5 (USA, 1912) -- frontstroke, "flatbed" design
  49. Stenotype #14047 (USA, ca. 1912) -- stenographic machine
  50. Emerson no. 3 #8367 (USA, ca. 1912) -- frontstroke, typebars swing in from the sides (read about Emersons here)
  51. Rapid No. 10 #35921 (USA, ca. 1913) -- name variant of the Fox 23
  52. Home Blickensderfer #170020 (USA, 1913) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard
  53. Salter Visible #J32629 (UK, 1913) — oblique frontstroke with basket shift
  54. Emerson no. 3 #13653 (USA, ca. 1914)
  55. Ideal A4 #98442 (Germany, 1914) -- four-bank oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side
  56. Simplex 1 Special (USA, 1915) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  57. Hammond Multiplex #AL212054 (USA, ca. 1915) -- 3-bank type-shuttle machine, green
  58. Fox portable #1 #302 (USA, 1917)
  59. Fox portable no. 1 #5221 (USA, ca. 1917) (read about Foxes here)
  60. Fox portable no. 2 #10017 (USA, ca. 1918) (read about Foxes here)
  61. Molle no. 3 #2590 (USA, 1918) -- frontstroke, three-bank (read about this machine here)
  62. Century 10 #HS90099 (USA, June 1919) -- frontstroke, three-bank
  63. Century 10 HV90146 (USA, July 1919) -- three-bank frontstroke, double shift
  64. Century 10 #HX00038 (USA, May 1920)
  65. Noiseless no. 4 #42041 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank thrust-action quiet typewriter with metal platen
  66. Imperial D Portable #60790 (base) / #60350 (keyboard) (England, ca. 1920) -- three-bank downstroke
  67. MW #11733 (Germany, 1920s) -- index machine, also known as Gundka, Frolio, etc.
  68. Oliver 9 #886730 (USA, ca. 1920) -- U-shaped typebars, downstroke from the side (read about this machine here)
  69. Victor no. 10 #54668 (USA, ca. 1920) -- four-bank frontstroke
  70. Noiseless portable #92 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  71. Remington Portable no. 1 #NM11229 (USA, Feb. 1921) -- black/gold paint (read about this model here)
  72. Fox Sterling #S12688 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank portable, Spanish keyboard (read about Foxes here)
  73. Carmen #3175 (Germany, 1921) -- 3-bank
  74. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #40496 (USA, 1922) -- three -bank frontstroke
  75. Gourland #1533 (USA, ca. 1922) -- four-bank portable
  76. Corona No. 3 #584594 (USA, 1922) -- frontstroke; carriage folds down onto keyboard
  77. Juventa, no serial number (Italy, ca. 1922) -- three-bank portable, repainted and labeled "Corona"
  78. Mignon 4 #274295 (Germany, 1920s) -- index (read about this machine here)
  79. Oliver 11 #1016985 (USA, ca. 1923)
  80. Oliver L-12 #1018364 (USA, 1923) -- three-bank, downstroke from the side, nickel plated, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico

  82. Monica No. 1 #825 (Germany, 1924) -- mid-sized frontstroke
  83. Royal No. 10 # X-1019026 (USA, 1926)
  84. Remington Portable No. 2 #ND79747 (USA, Sept. 1927) (read about this model here)
  85. Underwood Portable #4B186920 (USA, 1928)
  86. Simplex Practical Number 200 (USA, between 1924 and 1932) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  87. Remington Portable No. 3 #V134032 (USA, Jan. 1929) -- two-tone turquoise (read about this model here)
  88. Remington Portable No. 3 #V275177 (USA, 1929) -- two-tone green (read about this model here)
  89. Underwood Portable #458501 (USA, 1929) -- Ukrainian keyboard
  90. Royal Standard Portable #OT336030 (USA, 1929) -- black
  91. Senta no. 4 #48051 (Germany, ca. 1929) -- four-bank portable
  92. Stoewer #123759 (Germany, ca. 1930) -- four-bank portable
  93. Demountable no. 2 #146958 (USA, ca. 1930) -- frontstroke, easy to dismantle (read about the Demountable on Will Davis' site)
  94. Royal P #P202830 (USA, 1930) -- portable with Vogue typeface
  95. Corona Special #JX657395 (USA, 1931) -- folding portable with gold highlights
  96. Rheinmetall portable #30561 (Germany, 1931)
  97. Underwood Noiseless 77 #736897 (USA, 1931) (read about this model here)
  98. Porto-Rite #SR10815 (USA, 1932)
  99. Merz Universal #58095 (Germany, 1932) -- four-bank portable
  100. Monarch Pioneer #S24372 (USA, August 1932) -- capitals-only portable, green (read about this model here)
  101. Remie Scout, double-case #S66172 (USA, 1932) (read about this model here)
  102. Remington Portable Model 5 (boxy) #V601539 (USA, Oct. 1932) (read about this model here)
  103. Royal Signet #E9780 (USA, 1932) -- capitals-only portable (read about this model here)
  104. Corona Standard #2C184108 (USA, 1935)
  105. Royal Signet #E3266 (USA, ca. 1933) -- capitals-only portable
  106. Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H31240 (USA, Sept. 1934) -- two-tone green
  107. Burroughs 50 #50A5748 (USA, 1934)
  108. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #20548 (Italy, 1935) -- black, German keyboard, sold in Vienna
  109. Royal Junior #J52398 (USA, 1935) -- Greek keyboard
  110. Tachotype #40196 (Netherlands, ca. 1935) -- stenotype (read about this machine on Frank Notten's blog)
  111. Corona Silent #1S16478 (USA, 1935) -- portable, maroon
  112. Erika no. 5 #30074/30045 (Germany, 1935)
  113. Royal KHM #1977987 (USA, 1936)
  114. Remington 9 #F13383 (USA, February 1936) (read about this model here)
  115. Monarch #C60782 (USA, April 1936) -- name variant of the Remington Compact portable (read about this model here)
  116. Remington 5 portable (streamlined) #V925808 (USA, 1937) (read about this model here)
  117. Corona Junior #1F 26843J (USA, 1937)
  118. Erika M #612815/M (Germany, 1937)
  119. Varityper #409600-9 (USA, ca. 1937) -- three-bank, type shuttle, electric
  120. Hermes Featherweight #107389 (Switzerland, 1937)
  121. Patria #18062 (Switzerland, ca. 1937) -- portable
  122. Adler 32 #535066 (Germany, 1937)
  123. Remington Noiseless 8 #E36907 (USA, Oct. 1937) (read about this model here)
  124. Underwood Noiseless 77 #930677 (maroon) (USA, Sept. 1937) (read about this model here)
  125. Remington Victor S Portable #VV909435 (UK assembled from US parts, ca. 1937) -- British version of the streamlined #5 portable (read about this model here)
  126. Rem Rand Pioneer #C109305 (USA, Oct. 1937) -- caps only
  127. Mercedes Superba #85747 (Germany, 1937) -- portable with noise-reducing typebar cover
  128. Imperial Good Companion (England, late 1930s) -- portable
  129. Remington Junior #S256639 (USA, Jan. 1938) (read about this model here)
  130. Hermes Baby #171163 (Switzerland, 1938) -- Czech keyboard
  131. Corona Sterling #2A51871 (USA, 1938) -- streamlined, maroon
  132. Harrods #54904 (Italy, 1938) -- name variant of the Olivetti MP1 portable, sold by Harrods in London
  133. L. C. Smith Super-Speed #1452332-11 (USA, 1938)
  134. Remington Noiseless Portable #N125431 (USA, March 1938) -- maroon, in deluxe case
  135. Rem-Rand Bantam #C153272 (USA, November 1938) -- child's portable typewriter, caps only (read about this model here)
  136. Remington Model 1 #PD162715 (USA, November 1938) -- "noisy noiseless" portable
  137. Remington Envoy #SD272431 (USA, Nov. 1938) -- Portuguese keyboard (read about this model here)
  138. Groma N #208701 (Germany, ca. 1938) -- four-bank portable, maroon
  139. Rheinmetall portable #227388 (Germany, 1938) -- maroon wood-grain finish, italic type
  140. Adler Favorit 2 #579597 (Germany, 1939) -- thrust action portable
  141. Hermes 2000 #43664 (Switzerland, 1939) -- four-bank portable
  142. Klein-Urania #182519 (Germany, 1939) -- portable, maroon, Norwegian keyboard
  143. DM No. 3 #199200 (Germany, ca. 1939) -- portable, name variant of Olympia Progress
  144. Barr #37890 (USA, late 1930s) -- portable, gray
  145. Barr #39213 (USA, ca. 1939) -- portable
  146. Remington Model 1 #PD173510 (USA, Sept. 1939) -- "noisy noiseless" portable (read about this model here)
  147. Everest 90 no. #39598 (Italy, 1940) -- red portable, italic typeface, nonstandard English keyboard
  148. Olympia-Plana #16700 (Germany, 1940) -- bakelite body, Hungarian keyboard
  149. Hispano-Olivetti Studio 46 #330670 (Spain, ca. 1940) -- yellow mid-sized portable, Spanish keyboard
  150. Remington Streamliner #B110873 (USA, Sept. 1941) (read about this model here)
  151. Kappel VA #0325652 (Germany, 1940s) (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  152. Underwood S #S11-5752950 (USA, 1943)
  153. Remer #000126 (Spain, 1945)
  154. Regia Mixta #L-11040 (Spain, ca. 1948) -- portable
  155. Remington "1949" portable #BT1710965 (USA, December 1948) — carriage shift, white numeral keys
  156. Remington All-New Portable #A1901769 (USA, June 1949) — basket shift, white numeral keys
  157. Remington Electric DeLuxe #E1532887 (USA, March 1949)
  158. Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1788992 (USA, 1949) -- gold-plated portable
  159. 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)
  160. Olympia SM1 #74536 (West Germany, 1950) -- portable, black
  161. Keaton Music Typewriter #2294 (USA, ca. 1950) -- downstroke, circular-keyboard music typewriter
  162. Hogar (Spain, ca. 1950) -- linear index typewriter (read about this typewriter in ETCetera no. 91 and no. 92)
  163. Oliver portable #5117593 (UK, 1951) -- licensed copy of the Patria, Greek keyboard
  164. Remington Quiet-Riter #QT2254731 (USA, Oct. 1951) -- repainted blue-green
  165. Triumph Norm 6 #656801 (West Germany, 1952) -- green portable
  166. Juwel Rapid #H50994 (West Germany, 1952)
  167. Torpedo 20 #613108 (West Germany, 1952) -- portable with segment shift (read about this machine on my blog)
  168. Siemag II T #035877 II T (West Germany, 1952) (read about this machine on my blog)
  169. Smith-Corona Silent #5S423913 (USA, 1953)
  170. Groma Gromina #505711 (East Germany, 1953) -- ultraflat, maroon with red keys, earlier body style
  171. Blue Bird #707258 (West Germany, 1954) -- name variant of the Torpedo portable, British keyboard
  172. Everest K2 #519941 (Italy, 1954) -- portable, black
  173. Groma Gromina #528909 (East Germany, ca. 1954) -- ultraflat, maroon with black keys, later body style
  174. Halberg Traveler #45753 (Netherlands, 1954) (read about the Halberg on Will Davis' site)
  175. Calanda F #50879 (Switzerland, 1954)
  176. Olivetti Lettera 22 #437957 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  177. Patria #S21663 (Spain, ca. 1955) -- black portable
  178. Groma Combina (East Germany, 195x) -- read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site
  179. Royal HH #HHE-5594986 (USA, 1955)
  180. Lorenz Lo15 teletype #11044/DP (West Germany, ca. 1955) (read about this machine on my blog)
  181. Groma Kolibri #568176 (East Germany, 1955) -- black
  182. Alma Jolson #A-04018 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- name variant of the Antares Parva, sold in US
  183. Olivetti Lettera 22 #360952 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  184. Smith-Corona 88 #88E4254613-13 (USA, 1955) -- repainted pink and black
  185. Groma Kolibri #559054 (East Germany, 1955) -- ultraslim portable, maroon
  186. Torpedo Solitaire #870517 (West Germany, 1955) -- wide carriage
  187. American Deluxe #1145938 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- relabeled Optima Elite portable, green
  188. Optima M10 #120348 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- read my blog post about this typewriter
  189. Smith-Corona Silent-Super #5T 343881X (USA, 1956) -- including "Yes/No" key
  190. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AB2668636 (USA, 1956) -- black and white
  191. Brosette #028160 (West Germany, ca. 1956) -- portable, silver
  192. Halda portable #P81422 (Sweden, 1956)
  193. Voss DeLuxe #137313 (West Germany, 1957) 
  194. Torpedo 30 #972710 (West Germany, 1957) -- Venezuelan keyboard
  195. Alpina #74921 (West Germany, 1957)
  196. Adler Universal #1172288 (West Germany, 1957) -- read about this typewriter on my blog
  197. Triumph DeJur Perfekt #1231288 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- portable, cream/maroon
  198. MBM Mercury #ZP-80235 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1957) -- name variant of the Consul 1511 (read about the Consul on Will Davis' site)
  199. Remington Travel-Riter #TR540763 (Holland, Oct. 1957) -- portable, repainted gold
  200. Halda Star #7-067400 (Sweden, 1957) (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  201. Remington Quiet-Riter #QR3515274 (USA, Feb. 1958) -- portable, repainted gold
  202. Rooy portable #61618 (France, 1958) -- ultraflat
  203. Olympia SM3 #1202008 (West Germany, 1958) -- with USB Typewriter conversion kit
  204. Eichner #973881 (West Germany, 1958) -- name variant of the Torpedo 18 with long carriage and decimal tabulator
  205. Winsor Special De Luxe #B-1070 (Spain, ca. 1958) --  compact portable, gray
  206. Junior Mod. 58 #C2268 (Spain, ca. 1958) -- compact portable, red
  207. Voss DeLuxe #156738 (West Germany, 1958) -- maroon and ivory
  208. Olivetti Lexikon 80E #1063166 (Italy, 1958) -- electric
  209. Tower Chieftain #3YT175886 (USA, 1959) -- small portable, name variant of Smith-Corona Skyriter, repainted and stripped
  210. Voss DeLuxe #158905 (West Germany, 1959) -- black body with grey keyboard
  211. Torpedo 18 #1073358 (West Germany, 1959) -- The Purple Prose Producer (read about this machine on my blog)
  212. Remington Super-Riter #J2882193 (USA, 1959)
  213. Olympia SM3 DeLuxe #1114492 (West Germany, 1959) -- portable, repainted blue
  214. Elgin Collegiate #605372 (Japan, ca. 1960) — made by Nippo
  215. Voss DeLuxe #230962 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- blue and white
  216. Olivetti Pluma 22 #226431 (Spain, ca. 1960) -- pink; like the Lettera 22 but no tabulator; Spanish keyboard
  217. Alba A4 (Italy, ca. 1960) — compact student typewriter made by Antares
  218. ABC #3-64682 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, orange
  219. Princess 100 #109241 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, gray
  220. Facit T2 #185559 (Sweden, 1960)
  221. Erika 10 #1909032 (East Germany, 1960) -- portable
  222. Annabella #D-042596-5039 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- German keyboard, made by Antares (read about Antares on Will Davis' site)
  223. Hilton #D-080318-6090 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- name variant of the Antares
  224. Underwood Oxford (Italy, ca. 1960) — made by Antares
  225. Aztec 700 #1976404 (East Germany, 1961) -- export name variant of the Erika 10
  226. Consul Silent #ZP-185854 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1961)
  227. Groma Kolibri #682069 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- ivory/red
  228. Olympia SM4 #1666464 (West Germany, 1961) -- gold-plated trim
  229. Groma Humber #668875 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- rare export name variant of the Kolibri, ivory/green
  230. Talbos #C6399 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- portable, green
  231. AMC #316757 (West Germany, ca. 1962) -- name variant of the Alpina
  232. Groma Kolibri Luxus #A18172 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/tan
  233. Olympia SF DeLuxe #562094 (West Germany, 1962) -- flat portable, script typeface
  234. Aztec 600 #620677 (East Germany, 1962) -- export name variant of the Rheinmetall KsT portable, two-tone brown
  235. Olivetti Studio 44 #359954 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- chromed in the 21st century
  236. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX180041 (USA, 1963)
  237. Andina Grafos #D3438 (Spain, ca. 1963) -- portable, successor to the Talbos
  238. Triumph Perfekt #3062647 (West Germany, ca. 1963) -- portable, tan
  239. Voss Privat #223959 (West Germany, 1963) -- licensed copy of the Patria, sold at the factory to an American, QWERTY keyboard with script type
  240. Adler Special #2331897 (West Germany, 1964)
  241. IBM Model C Executive #2189953 (USA, 1964) -- proportional, electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  242. Olympia SM5 #2431368 (West Germany, 1965)
  243. Scheidegger Princess Matic #338556 (West Germany, ca. 1965) -- name variant of the Princess 300
  244. Florida #H49535 (Spain, ca. 1965) -- portable
  245. Alpina Baby #373227 (Japan, 1960s) -- made by Nippo; also seen as Condor and Rexina
  246. Gritzner #025822 (West Germany, 1960s) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY "legend lettering machine" for typing on blueprints
  247. Consul 232 #7 232 452348 (Czechoslovakia, 1967)
  248. Cavalier Speedwriter #7 221 033989 (Czechoslovakia/Canada, 1967) -- name variant of the Consul 221, assembled and sold in Canada
  249. Gritzner #031342 (West Germany, 1967) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY lettering machine, with kit and Dutch instructions
  250. Hermes 3000 #3448751 (Switzerland, 1968) -- later body style
  251. Signature 440T (Japan, 1968) -- made by Brother
  252. Princess Standard #459186 (West Germany, ca. 1968)
  253. Remington 333 #E8971648 (Japan, May 1968) -- small portable made by Brother
  254. Olivetti Lettera 33 (Italy, ca. 1969)
  255. Hermes Baby #9413117 (Switzerland, ca. 1970) 
  256. Olivetti Valentine #2101192 (Mexico, ca. 1970) — Spanish keyboard, cubic typeface
  257. Olivetti Lettera 32 #6677466 (Spain, ca. 1973) — Hebrew keyboard
  258. Grants 737 Deluxe (Japan, ca. 1973) — made by Nakajima
  259. Princess 500 #687947 (West Germany, ca. 1974)
  260. Andina Especial 90 #75004 (Spain, ca. 1975) -- portable
  261. Sperry-Rand Remington 10 (Brazil, 1980s) -- Spanish keyboard
  262. Olympia Traveller Deluxe #15-7119191 (Yugoslavia, ca. 1985) -- Thai keyboard
  263. Ortekh #446574 (Russia, 1993) -- portable (read about this machine on my blog)
  264. Generation 3000 #05-25438 (China, 2005) -- portable (read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site)
  265. Royal Scrittore II #0912002099 (China, 2012) (read about this machine on my blog)
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