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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. Harrods #54904 (Italy, 1938) -- name variant of the Olivetti MP1 portable, sold by Harrods in London
  103. Rem Rand Pioneer #CA133500 (USA, August 1938) -- 3.5-row keyboard (read about this model here)
  104. Remington 17 #J101999 (USA, January 1939)
  105. Rex #8983 (Germany, ca. 1940) -- Bulgarian keyboard; name variant of the G&O (read about this typewriter on my blog here and here)
  106. DM 22 #7530 (Germany, 1940) -- name variant of the Olympia Plana
  107. U.S. Mirsa Ideal portable no. 5 #919426/5 (Germany, 1940) -- Czech name variant of the Erika no. 5
  108. Woodstock 5N #N607428E (USA, 1942)
  109. Osma #12517 (Germany, ca. 1945) -- rare portable
  110. Smith-Corona Super-Speed #1A2189113-11 (USA, 1948)
  111. Voss #10271 (West Germany, 1949) -- red-and-black bakelite body, chrome paper table (read about the Voss on Will Davis' site)
  112. Original Matous #CC 832 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1950) -- portable
  113. Olivetti Lettera 22 #077757 (Italy, ca. 1950)
  114. Voss #25942 (West Germany, 1951) -- red-and-black bakelite body with chrome accents
  115. Rheinmetall #300796 (East Germany, 1952) -- portable
  116. Express #306049 (West Germany, June 1953) -- rare portable with plastic body and segment
  117. Rooy portable #27912 (France, 1953) -- ultraflat; American keyboard
  118. Groma T #344410 (East Germany, 1953) -- portable, green
  119. Underwood Electric #E12-7290687 (USA, 1953) -- customized with old keys and other modifications
  120. Halda no. 6 #6-288980 (Sweden, 1953)
  121. Royal RE #EE-13-5666504 (USA, 1955) -- electric
  122. Voss DeLuxe #114434 (West Germany, ca. 1955) -- stripped to bare metal
  123. Swissa Junior #136353 (Switzerland, ca. 1955) -- portable
  124. Adler Privat #3026068 (West Germany, 1955) -- portable
  125. Optima #912691 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- portable, repainted red
  126. Monac Simplex #9701 (place and date of manufacture unknown, 1950s?) -- French keyboard
  127. Moskva no. 4 #10490 (USSR, 1956) -- portable, Cyrillic
  128. Gossen Tippa Pilot #136331 (West Germany, 1956)
  129. Siemag portable #012233 (West Germany, 1956) -- read about this machine on my blog
  130. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #A2571453 (USA, 1956) -- two-tone brown
  131. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AA2639689 (USA, 1956) -- green and gray
  132. Voss DeLuxe #128698 (West Germany, ca. 1956) -- green
  133. 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.
  134. Groma Kolibri #599437 (East Germany, 1957) -- silver
  135. Royal Administrator #49259 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- wide-carriage version of the Royal Diana (read about this machine on my blog)
  136. Voss DeLuxe #135246 (West Germany, 1957) -- big portable, maroon
  137. Empire Aristocrat #S2/194E086 (UK, 1957) -- portable, clone of the Hermes Baby
  138. Byron Mark I #9747 (UK, 1957) -- (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  139. Olivetti Graphika #1801920 (Italy, 1957) -- proportional spacing (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  140. Voss DeLuxe #151039 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- black body with black keyboard
  141. Taylorix Contofix Junior #155876 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- bookkeeping typewriter made by Voss (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  142. Steelmaster #BB/53870 (UK, 1958) -- name variant of the Oliver Courier
  143. Imperial Good Companion no. 5 #5M 241 (UK, 1958) -- portable, basket shift, green
  144. Imperial Good Companion no. 4 #4X 571 (UK, 1959) -- portable, carriage shift, blue
  145. Sténotype Grandjean Sil. 5 #M40715 (France, 1958) -- stenotype
  146. Royal FP #FPS-6680671 (USA, 1959) — Patrician typeface
  147. Rooy IN #413937 (France, 1959) (read about this machine on my blog and a followup)
  148. Optima P1 #257939 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable based on the Olympia-Plana; Russian keyboard
  149. Groma Kolibri #637179 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable, brown/tan, Greek keyboard
  150. Torpedo 18 #1205535 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, black
  151. Royal Royalite #RL-4444197 (Netherlands, 1960) -- alphabetical keyboard
  152. Olympia SM4 #1505693 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, white, script typeface
  153. Olympia SF #95-266541 (West Germany, 1960) -- small portable, black
  154. R. C. Allen VisOmatic #8-2163312 13 (USA, 1960) -- frontstroke, script typeface
  155. R. C. Allen VisOmatic Electrite #E8C-2121469 13 (USA, 1960) -- electrified keyboard, manual carriage return
  156. Continental #2000670 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- usually known as Erika 10; Arabic keyboard (read about this machine on my blog)
  157. Optima Humber 99 #4011057 (East Germany, 1961) -- name variant of the Erika 20 (read about this machine on my blog)
  158. Olympia SG1 #7-635495 (West Germany, 1961) -- office typewriter, repainted bluegreen
  159. Hermes 3000 #3058336 (Switzerland, 1961) -- earlier body style; stripped to bare metal
  160. Neckermann Brillant S #316086 (West Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC (read about this machine on my blog)
  161. Avona #500721 (West Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC
  162. Groma Kolibri #689903 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/blue
  163. Aztec 600 #620480 (East Germany, 1962) -- name variant of the Rheinmetall KsT (read about this machine on my blog)
  164. Facit TP1 #283467 (Sweden, 1962) -- portable
  165. AMC #437765 (France, 1963) -- export name variant of the Japy Script, a clone of the Patria
  166. Olympia SM5 #2364386 (West Germany, 1964) -- Arabic
  167. Imperial Good Companion no. 7 #7AE 092 (UK, 1964) -- Cyrillic
  168. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX 206814 (USA, ca. 1965) -- stripped to bare metal
  169. Olympia SM9 #2581142 (West Germany, 1965) -- modified, fitted into repainted SM3 body
  170. Jaykay #64857 (India, ca. 1965) -- portable, made in Calcutta, identical to the late Brosette
  171. Olympia SM8 #2723758 (West Germany, 1966) -- repainted black and silver
  172. Wards Signature 810 #F0693817 (Japan, 1970) -- electric with manual carriage return, made by Brother
  173. Wards Signature 812D #D2207866 (Japan, 1972) -- electric with electric carriage return, made by Brother
  174. Olivetti Editor 2 # (USA, ca. 1972) -- electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  175. Moskva no. 6 #386451 (USSR, 1972) -- portable, gray (read about this machine on my blog)
  176. Marx Adventure (Japan, ca. 1972) -- toy typewriter imitating the Olivetti Valentine (read about it on my blog)
  177. Grants 707 Gullwing Electric #E06833 (Japan, ca. 1974) -- (read about this machine on my blog)
  178. Sharp Memowriter EL-7001 #11009605 (Japan, ca. 1981) -- electronic calculator / mini-typewriter (read about this device on my blog)
  179. 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. Odell no. 2, no serial number (USA, ca. 1895) -- linear index, with checkwriting type and regular type
  17. The Chicago #8654 (USA, 1897) -- type cylinder (read about the Chicago here)
  18. Peerless #4034 (USA, ca. 1897) -- full-keyboard understroke
  19. Oliver no. 3 #88838 (USA, 1898)

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

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

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