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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)

  4. National #1295 (USA, ca. 1891) -- understroke, three-bank, curved keyboard (large-spacebar model with spacebar missing)
  5. Smith Premier No. 1 #33506 (USA, ca. 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. Blickensderfer No. 5 #71678 (USA, 1902) -- typewheel, Scientific Polish keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  14. Commercial Visible no. 6 #23203 (USA, ca. 1902) -- typewheel
  15. Postal 5 #25892 (USA, 1904) -- three-bank, typewheel
  16. Monarch no. 2 #437 (USA, 1904)
  17. Ideal A3 #19616 (Germany, 1904) -- oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side    
  18. Moya no. 2 #3324 (UK, ca. 1905) -- three-bank, type cylinder
  19. Sun Standard No. 2 #16044 (USA, ca. 1905) -- 3-bank frontstroke, ink roller
  20. Royal Bar-Lock shift-key model #6610 (England, ca. 1905) -- rare four-bank version of the Bar-Lock
  21. Fox No. 3 #A7774/14731 (USA, ca. 1905) -- understroke (read about Foxes here)
  22. L.C. Smith No. 2 #19901-2 (USA, 1906) -- frontstroke
  23. Polygraph no. 3 (ca. 1906) -- 3-bank, downstroke
  24. Chicago No. 3 #2016 (USA, ca. 1908) -- horizontal type cylinder, 3-bank keyboard
  25. Fox No. 23 #05619/31619 (USA, 1908) -- frontstroke (read about Foxes here)
  26. Blickensderfer No. 8 #141296 (USA, 1908) -- three-bank, typewheel, aluminum frame
  27. Yetman Transmitting Typewriter, no serial number (USA, 1908) -- telegraphic typewriter (read about the Yetman here)
  28. Stearns #2137 (USA, ca. 1908)
  29. Columbia Bar-Lock No. 14 #163655 (USA, 1910) -- full keyboard, downstroke from front
  30. Blickensderfer no. 7 #148967 (USA, 1910) -- typewheel, Scientific keyboard (read about this typewriter here)
  31. Harry A. Smith no. 6 #7447 (USA, ca. 1910) -- frontstroke, relabeled Victor (read about Victors on Will Davis' site)
  32. Kancléř no. 3 #8859 (Germany, ca. 1910) -- Czech version of the Kanzler
  33. Bennett #13103 (USA, 1910) -- miniature typewheel machine with 3-bank keyboard
  34. Blickensderfer no. 6 #160030 (USA, 1912) -- typewheel; aluminum
  35. Oliver No. 5 #386425 (USA, ca. 1912) -- nickeled, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico
  36. Harris Visible No. 4 #14936 (USA, ca. 1913) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about the Harris on Will Davis' site)
  37. Salter Visible #J32629 (UK, 1913) — oblique frontstroke with basket shift
  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. Victor no. 10 #54668 (USA, ca. 1920) -- four-bank frontstroke
  48. Adji Såkå #2804 (Germany, ca. 1920) -- three-bank portable, name variant of the Meteor
  49. Remington Portable no. 1 #NM10936 (USA, Feb. 1921) (read about this model here)
  50. Unda #1322 (Austria, 1921) -- 3-bank
  51. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #12408 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (earlier design, patent pending)
  52. Hesperia #74A (Italy, 1922) -- frontstroke
  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. Underwood No. 5 #2096819-5 (USA, 1925) -- four-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  59. Woodstock Electrite #E11-39705 (USA, ca. 1925) -- electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  60. Stoewer Elite #E42713 (Germany, ca. 1925) -- three-bank portable, Hungarian keyboard, sold in Prague
  61. Victor portable #0010XX (last two digits filed off?) (USA, ca. 1927)
  62. Neya #31679 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- three-bank portable
  63. Bing No. 2 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- oblique frontstroke, "educational" typewriter
  64. Merz No. 2 #6049 (Germany, ca. 1927) -- Bulgarian keyboard
  65. Rem-Blick #KX80608 (USA, May 1928) -- typewheel (read about this machine here)
  66. Corona 4 #S4M02555 (USA, 1928) -- "Mountain Ash Scarlet" finish
  67. Diamant 28 #16545 (Germany, ca. 1928) -- portable with large vertical segment
  68. Remington 92 #Z155356 (USA, April 1929) -- Hebrew version of the no. 12
  69. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #210944 (USA, 1929) -- three-bank frontstroke, green marble paint
  70. Unknown prototype portable (no serial number) (USA? 1920s?)
  71. Electric Braille prototype (USA, ca. 1930) -- based on a Woodstock no. 5, inventor and constructor unknown (story in ETCetera no. 77)
  72. Barr #P13796 (USA, ca. 1930) -- portable, blue (read about the Barr on Will Davis' site)
  73. Barr Special #P16230 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, black 
  74. Barr Universal #C2U658 (USA, early 1930s) -- portable, maroon
  75. Hispano-Olivetti M40 #HO48260 (Spain, early 1930s)
  76. Japy V #14563 (France, 1931) -- four-bank portable, German keyboard
  77. Royal P portable #P262116 (1931) -- with Vogue typeface
  78. Torpedo portable #141322 (Germany, 1931) -- Cyrillic keyboard, exported (to Mongolia?) by Wostwag, a Soviet front company based in Berlin and Ulan Bator
  79. Oliver portable #68119 (Italy, 1932) -- woodgrain
  80. Masspro #002707 (USA, 1932) -- three-bank small portable
  81. Remington Noiseless Junior #B10403 (USA, Sept. 1933) (read about this model here)
  82. Underwood #622556 (USA, 1933?) -- identical to Remington Noiseless Junior
  83. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #5907 (Italy, 1933) -- black, Belgian keyboard
  84. Remington Noiseless Portable #N41852 (two-tone green) (USA, Dec. 1933) (read about this model here)
  85. Burroughs 50 #50A5748 (USA, 1934)
  86. Imperial Good Companion #AC273 (England, 1935) -- portable, Swedish keyboard
  87. Remington 3B #C104412 (USA, Nov. 1935) (read about this model here)
  88. Marx Dial, no serial number (USA, ca. 1935) -- circular index, toy
  89. Remington Rand Model 1 #P49630 (USA, Jan. 1936) (read about this model here)
  90. Tip Tip #5606 (Czechoslovakia, 1936) -- grid index, type cylinder
  91. Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H49561 (USA, Jan. 1937) -- my first typewriter (read about this model here)
  92. Patria #18062 (Switzerland, ca. 1937) -- portable
  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. Fürstenberg, no serial number (Germany, ca. 1938) -- probably an advanced prototype of this machine also known as the Archo-Sekretär
  96. Rooy Intermédiaire 28 #301088 (France, 1938) -- ivory paint
  97. Triumph Norm 6 #5689 (Germany, ca. 1938) -- ivory paint (read about this machine on my blog)
  98. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #58541 (Italy, 1938) -- red
  99. Continental #R257169 (Germany, 1938) -- four-bank portable
  100. Bar-Lock portable #2501 (UK, 1938)
  101. Harrods #54904 (Italy, 1938) -- name variant of the Olivetti MP1 portable, sold by Harrods in London
  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. Hispano-Olivetti Studio 46 #330670 (Spain, ca. 1940) -- yellow mid-sized portable, Spanish keyboard
  108. Woodstock 5N #N607428E (USA, 1942)
  109. Osma #12517 (Germany, ca. 1945) -- rare portable
  110. Regia Mixta #L-11040 (Spain, ca. 1948) -- portable
  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. Voss DeLuxe #114434 (West Germany, ca. 1955) -- stripped to bare metal
  122. Swissa Junior #136353 (Switzerland, ca. 1955) -- portable
  123. Patria #S21663 (Spain, ca. 1955) -- black 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. Junior Mod. 58 #C2268 (Spain, ca. 1958) -- compact portable, red
  141. Voss DeLuxe #151039 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- black body with black keyboard
  142. Taylorix Contofix Junior #155876 (West Germany, ca. 1958) -- bookkeeping typewriter made by Voss (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  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. Royal FP #FPS-6680671 (USA, 1959) — Patrician typeface
  146. Rooy IN #413937 (France, 1959) (read about this machine on my blog and a followup)
  147. Optima P1 #257939 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable based on the Olympia-Plana; Russian keyboard
  148. Tower Chieftain #3YT175886 (USA, 1959) -- small portable, name variant of Smith-Corona Skyriter, repainted and stripped
  149. Groma Kolibri #637179 (East Germany, 1959) -- portable, brown/tan, Greek keyboard
  150. Torpedo 18 #1205535 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, black
  151. Olympia SM4 #1505693 (West Germany, 1960) -- portable, white, script typeface
  152. Olympia SF #95-266541 (West Germany, 1960) -- small portable, black
  153. R. C. Allen VisOmatic #8-2163312 13 (USA, 1960) -- frontstroke, script typeface
  154. R. C. Allen VisOmatic Electrite #E8C-2121469 13 (USA, 1960) -- electrified keyboard, manual carriage return
  155. Continental #2000670 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- usually known as Erika 10; Arabic keyboard (read about this machine on my blog)
  156. Optima Humber 99 #4011057 (East Germany, 1961) -- name variant of the Erika 20 (read about this machine on my blog)
  157. Olympia SG1 #7-635495 (West Germany, 1961) -- office typewriter, repainted bluegreen
  158. Hermes 3000 #3058336 (Switzerland, 1961) -- earlier body style; stripped to bare metal
  159. Neckermann Brillant S #316086 (West Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC (read about this machine on my blog)
  160. Avona #500721 (West Germany, early 1960s) -- name variant of the ABC
  161. Groma Kolibri #689903 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/blue
  162. Talbos #C6399 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- portable, green
  163. Facit TP1 #283467 (Sweden, 1962) -- portable
  164. AMC #437765 (France, 1963) -- export name variant of the Japy Script, a clone of the Patria
  165. Olympia SM5 #2364386 (West Germany, 1964) -- Arabic
  166. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX 206814 (USA, ca. 1965) -- stripped to bare metal
  167. Olympia SM9 #2581142 (West Germany, 1965) -- modified, fitted into repainted SM3 body
  168. Jaykay #64857 (India, ca. 1965) -- portable, made in Calcutta, identical to the late Brosette
  169. Olympia SM8 #2723758 (West Germany, 1966) -- repainted black and silver
  170. Montgomery Ward Signature 810 #F0693817 (Japan, 1970) -- electric with manual carriage return, made by Brother
  171. Olivetti Editor 2 # (USA, ca. 1972) -- electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  172. Moskva no. 6 #386451 (USSR, 1972) -- portable, gray (read about this machine on my blog)
  173. Grants 707 Gullwing Electric #E06833 (Japan, ca. 1974) -- (read about this machine on my blog)
  174. Sharp Memowriter EL-7001 #11009605 (Japan, ca. 1981) -- electronic calculator / mini-typewriter (read about this device on my blog)
  175. 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. Smith Premier No. 2 #77492 (USA, 1902) -- full keyboard, understroke
  31. Lambert No. 3 #7901 (USA, ca. 1902) -- circular keyboard, single type element (read about Lamberts here)
  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. Emerson no. 3 #13653 (USA, ca. 1914)
  53. Ideal A4 #98442 (Germany, 1914) -- four-bank oblique frontstroke, carriage return lever on side
  54. Simplex 1 Special (USA, 1915) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  55. Hammond Multiplex #AL212054 (USA, ca. 1915) -- 3-bank type-shuttle machine, green
  56. Fox portable #1 #302 (USA, 1917)
  57. Fox portable no. 1 #5221 (USA, ca. 1917) (read about Foxes here)
  58. Fox portable no. 2 #10017 (USA, ca. 1918) (read about Foxes here)
  59. Molle no. 3 #2590 (USA, 1918) -- frontstroke, three-bank (read about this machine here)
  60. Century 10 #HS90099 (USA, June 1919) -- frontstroke, three-bank
  61. Century 10 HV90146 (USA, July 1919) -- three-bank frontstroke, double shift
  62. Century 10 #HX00038 (USA, May 1920)
  63. Noiseless no. 4 #42041 (USA, ca. 1920) -- three-bank thrust-action quiet typewriter with metal platen
  64. Imperial D Portable #60790 (base) / #60350 (keyboard) (England, ca. 1920) -- three-bank downstroke
  65. MW #11733 (Germany, 1920s) -- index machine, also known as Gundka, Frolio, etc.
  66. Oliver 9 #886730 (USA, ca. 1920) -- U-shaped typebars, downstroke from the side (read about this machine here)
  67. Noiseless portable #92 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank frontstroke (read about this machine here)
  68. Remington Portable no. 1 #NM11229 (USA, Feb. 1921) -- black/gold paint (read about this model here)
  69. Fox Sterling #S12688 (USA, 1921) -- three-bank portable, Spanish keyboard (read about Foxes here)
  70. Carmen #3175 (Germany, 1921) -- 3-bank
  71. Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter #40496 (USA, 1922) -- three -bank frontstroke
  72. Gourland #1533 (USA, ca. 1922) -- four-bank portable
  73. Corona No. 3 #584594 (USA, 1922) -- frontstroke; carriage folds down onto keyboard
  74. Juventa, no serial number (Italy, ca. 1922) -- three-bank portable, repainted and labeled "Corona"
  75. Mignon 4 #274295 (Germany, 1920s) -- index (read about this machine here)
  76. Oliver 11 #1016985 (USA, ca. 1923)
  77. Oliver L-12 #1018364 (USA, 1923) -- three-bank, downstroke from the side, nickel plated, Spanish keyboard, sold in Mexico

  79. Monica No. 1 #825 (Germany, 1924) -- mid-sized frontstroke
  80. Royal No. 10 # X-1019026 (USA, 1926)
  81. Remington Portable No. 2 #ND79747 (USA, Sept. 1927) (read about this model here)
  82. Underwood Portable #4B186920 (USA, 1928)
  83. Simplex Practical Number 200 (USA, between 1924 and 1932) -- toy index typewriter (read about Simplexes here)
  84. Remington Portable No. 3 #V134032 (USA, Jan. 1929) -- two-tone turquoise (read about this model here)
  85. Remington Portable No. 3 #V275177 (USA, 1929) -- two-tone green (read about this model here)
  86. Underwood Portable #458501 (USA, 1929) -- Ukrainian keyboard
  87. Royal Standard Portable #OT336030 (USA, 1929) -- black
  88. Senta no. 4 #48051 (Germany, ca. 1929) -- four-bank portable
  89. Stoewer #123759 (Germany, ca. 1930) -- four-bank portable
  90. Demountable no. 2 #146958 (USA, ca. 1930) -- frontstroke, easy to dismantle (read about the Demountable on Will Davis' site)
  91. Royal P #P202830 (USA, 1930) -- portable with Vogue typeface
  92. Corona Special #JX657395 (USA, 1931) -- folding portable with gold highlights
  93. Rheinmetall portable #30561 (Germany, 1931)
  94. Underwood Noiseless 77 #736897 (USA, 1931) (read about this model here)
  95. Porto-Rite #SR10815 (USA, 1932)
  96. Merz Universal #58095 (Germany, 1932) -- four-bank portable
  97. Monarch Pioneer #S24372 (USA, August 1932) -- capitals-only portable, green (read about this model here)
  98. Remie Scout, double-case #S66172 (USA, 1932) (read about this model here)
  99. Remington Portable Model 5 (boxy) #V601539 (USA, Oct. 1932) (read about this model here)
  100. Royal Signet #E9780 (USA, 1932) -- capitals-only portable (read about this model here)
  101. Corona Standard #2C184108 (USA, 1935)
  102. Royal Signet #E3266 (USA, ca. 1933) -- capitals-only portable
  103. Remington Noiseless Model Seven #H31240 (USA, Sept. 1934) -- two-tone green
  104. Olivetti MP1 (ICO) #20548 (Italy, 1935) -- black, German keyboard, sold in Vienna
  105. Royal Junior #J52398 (USA, 1935) -- Greek keyboard
  106. Tachotype #40196 (Netherlands, ca. 1935) -- stenotype (read about this machine on Frank Notten's blog)
  107. Corona Silent #1S16478 (USA, 1935) -- portable, maroon
  108. Erika no. 5 #30074/30045 (Germany, 1935)
  109. Remington 9 #F13383 (USA, February 1936) (read about this model here)
  110. Monarch #C60782 (USA, April 1936) -- name variant of the Remington Compact portable (read about this model here)
  111. Remington 5 portable (streamlined) #V925808 (USA, 1937) (read about this model here)
  112. Corona Junior #1F 26843J (USA, 1937)
  113. Erika M #612815/M (Germany, 1937)
  114. Varityper #409600-9 (USA, ca. 1937) -- three-bank, type shuttle, electric
  115. Hermes Featherweight #107389 (Switzerland, 1937)
  116. Adler 32 #535066 (Germany, 1937)
  117. Remington Noiseless 8 #E36907 (USA, Oct. 1937) (read about this model here)
  118. Underwood Noiseless 77 #930677 (maroon) (USA, Sept. 1937) (read about this model here)
  119. Remington Victor S Portable #VV909435 (UK assembled from US partfile:///Users/polt/Desktop/Files/Web%20pages/Classic%20Typewriter%20Page/coronasterlingz.jpgs, ca. 1937) -- British version of the streamlined #5 portable (read about this model here)
  120. Rem Rand Pioneer #C109305 (USA, Oct. 1937) -- caps only
  121. Mercedes Superba #85747 (Germany, 1937) -- portable with noise-reducing typebar cover
  122. Imperial Good Companion (England, late 1930s) -- portable
  123. Remington Junior #S256639 (USA, Jan. 1938) (read about this model here)
  124. Hermes Baby #171163 (Switzerland, 1938) -- Czech keyboard
  125. Corona Sterling #2A51871 (USA, 1938) -- streamlined, maroon
  126. L. C. Smith Super-Speed #1452332-11 (USA, 1938)
  127. Remington Noiseless Portable #N125431 (USA, March 1938) -- maroon, in deluxe case
  128. Rem-Rand Bantam #C153272 (USA, November 1938) -- child's portable typewriter, caps only (read about this model here)
  129. Remington Model 1 #PD162715 (USA, November 1938) -- "noisy noiseless" portable
  130. Remington Envoy #SD272431 (USA, Nov. 1938) -- Portuguese keyboard (read about this model here)
  131. Groma N #208701 (Germany, ca. 1938) -- four-bank portable, maroon
  132. Rheinmetall portable #227388 (Germany, 1938) -- maroon wood-grain finish, italic type
  133. Adler Favorit 2 #579597 (Germany, 1939) -- thrust action portable
  134. Hermes 2000 #43664 (Switzerland, 1939) -- four-bank portable
  135. Klein-Urania #182519 (Germany, 1939) -- portable, maroon, Norwegian keyboard
  136. DM No. 3 #199200 (Germany, ca. 1939) -- portable, name variant of Olympia Progress
  137. Barr #37890 (USA, late 1930s) -- portable, gray
  138. Barr #39213 (USA, ca. 1939) -- portable
  139. Remington Model 1 #PD173510 (USA, Sept. 1939) -- "noisy noiseless" portable (read about this model here)
  140. Everest 90 no. #39598 (Italy, 1940) -- red portable, italic typeface, nonstandard English keyboard
  141. Olympia-Plana #16700 (Germany, 1940) -- bakelite body, Hungarian keyboard
  142. Remington Streamliner #B110873 (USA, Sept. 1941) (read about this model here)
  143. Kappel VA #0325652 (Germany, 1940s) (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  144. Underwood S #S11-5752950 (USA, 1943)
  145. Remer #000126 (Spain, 1945)
  146. Remington Electric DeLuxe (USA, ca. 1949)
  147. Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1788992 (USA, 1949) -- gold-plated portable
  148. Remington "1949" portable #BT1710965 (USA, December 1948) — carriage shift, white numeral keys
  149. Remington All-New Portable #A1901769 (USA, June 1949) — basket shift, white numeral keys
  150. 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)
  151. Olympia SM1 #74536 (West Germany, 1950) -- portable, black
  152. Keaton Music Typewriter #2294 (USA, ca. 1950) -- downstroke, circular-keyboard music typewriter
  153. Hogar (Spain, ca. 1950) -- linear index typewriter (read about this typewriter in ETCetera no. 91 and no. 92)
  154. Oliver portable #5117593 (UK, 1951) -- licensed copy of the Patria, Greek keyboard
  155. Remington Quiet-Riter #QT2254731 (USA, Oct. 1951) -- repainted blue-green
  156. Triumph Norm 6 #656801 (West Germany, 1952) -- green portable
  157. Juwel Rapid #H50994 (West Germany, 1952)
  158. Torpedo 20 #613108 (West Germany, 1952) -- portable with segment shift (read about this machine on my blog)
  159. Siemag II T #035877 II T (West Germany, 1952) (read about this machine on my blog)
  160. Smith-Corona Silent #5S423913 (USA, 1953)
  161. Groma Gromina #505711 (East Germany, 1953) -- ultraflat, maroon with red keys, earlier body style
  162. Blue Bird #707258 (West Germany, 1954) -- name variant of the Torpedo portable, British keyboard
  163. Everest K2 #519941 (Italy, 1954) -- portable, black
  164. Groma Gromina #528909 (East Germany, ca. 1954) -- ultraflat, maroon with black keys, later body style
  165. Halberg Traveler #45753 (Netherlands, 1954) (read about the Halberg on Will Davis' site)
  166. Calanda F #50879 (Switzerland, 1954)
  167. Olivetti Lettera 22 #437957 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  168. Groma Combina (East Germany, 195x) -- read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site
  169. Royal HH #HHE-5594986 (USA, 1955)
  170. Lorenz Lo15 teletype #11044/DP (West Germany, ca. 1955) (read about this machine on my blog)
  171. Groma Kolibri #568176 (East Germany, 1955) -- black
  172. Alma Jolson #A-04018 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- name variant of the Antares Parva, sold in US
  173. Olivetti Lettera 22 #360952 (Italy, ca. 1955) -- portable
  174. Smith-Corona 88 #88E4254613-13 (USA, 1955) -- repainted pink and black
  175. Groma Kolibri #559054 (East Germany, 1955) -- ultraslim portable, maroon
  176. American Deluxe #1145938 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- relabeled Optima Elite portable, green
  177. Optima M10 #120348 (East Germany, ca. 1955) -- read my blog post about this typewriter
  178. Smith-Corona Silent-Super #5T 343881X (USA, 1956) -- including "Yes/No" key
  179. Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab portable #AB2668636 (USA, 1956) -- black and white
  180. Brosette #028160 (West Germany, ca. 1956) -- portable, silver
  181. Halda portable #P81422 (Sweden, 1956)
  182. Voss DeLuxe #137313 (West Germany, 1957) 
  183. Torpedo 30 #972710 (West Germany, 1957) -- Venezuelan keyboard
  184. Alpina #74921 (West Germany, 1957)
  185. Adler Universal #1172288 (West Germany, 1957) -- read about this typewriter on my blog
  186. Triumph DeJur Perfekt #1231288 (West Germany, ca. 1957) -- portable, cream/maroon
  187. MBM Mercury #ZP-80235 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1957) -- name variant of the Consul 1511 (read about the Consul on Will Davis' site)
  188. Remington Travel-Riter #TR540763 (Holland, Oct. 1957) -- portable, repainted gold
  189. Halda Star #7-067400 (Sweden, 1957) (read about this typewriter on my blog)
  190. Remington Quiet-Riter #QR3515274 (USA, Feb. 1958) -- portable, repainted gold
  191. Rooy portable #61618 (France, 1958) -- ultraflat
  192. Sténotype Grandjean Sil. 5 #M40715 (France, 1958) -- stenotype
  193. Olympia SM3 #1202008 (West Germany, 1958) -- with USB Typewriter conversion kit
  194. Eichner #973881 (West Germany, 1958) -- name variant of the Torpedo 18 with long carriage and decimal tabulator
  195. Winsor Special De Luxe #B-1070 (Spain, ca. 1958) --  compact portable, gray
  196. Voss DeLuxe #156738 (West Germany, 1958) -- maroon and ivory
  197. Olivetti Lexikon 80E #1063166 (Italy, 1958) -- electric
  198. Voss DeLuxe #158905 (West Germany, 1959) -- black body with grey keyboard
  199. Torpedo 18 #1073358 (West Germany, 1959) -- The Purple Prose Producer (read about this machine on my blog)
  200. Remington Super-Riter #J2882193 (USA, 1959)
  201. Olympia SM3 DeLuxe #1114492 (West Germany, 1959) -- portable, repainted blue
  202. Elgin Collegiate #605372 (Japan, ca. 1960) — made by Nippo
  203. Voss DeLuxe #230962 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- blue and white
  204. Olivetti Pluma 22 #226431 (Spain, ca. 1960) -- pink; like the Lettera 22 but no tabulator; Spanish keyboard
  205. Alba A4 (Italy, ca. 1960) — compact student typewriter made by Antares
  206. ABC #3-64682 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, orange
  207. Princess 100 #109241 (West Germany, ca. 1960) -- portable, gray
  208. Erika 10 #1909032 (East Germany, 1960) -- portable
  209. Annabella #D-042596-5039 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- German keyboard, made by Antares (read about Antares on Will Davis' site)
  210. Hilton #D-080318-6090 (Italy, ca. 1960) -- name variant of the Antares
  211. Underwood Oxford (Italy, ca. 1960) — made by Antares
  212. Aztec 700 #1976404 (East Germany, 1961) -- export name variant of the Erika 10
  213. Consul Silent #ZP-185854 (Czechoslovakia, ca. 1961)
  214. Groma Kolibri #682069 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- ivory/red
  215. Olympia SM4 #1666464 (West Germany, 1961) -- gold-plated trim
  216. Groma Humber #668875 (East Germany, ca. 1961) -- rare export name variant of the Kolibri, ivory/green
  217. AMC #316757 (West Germany, ca. 1962) -- name variant of the Alpina
  218. Groma Kolibri Luxus #A18172 (East Germany, ca. 1962) -- ivory/tan
  219. Olympia SF DeLuxe #562094 (West Germany, 1962) -- flat portable, script typeface
  220. Aztec 600 #620677 (East Germany, 1962) -- export name variant of the Rheinmetall KsT portable, two-tone brown
  221. Olivetti Studio 44 #359954 (Spain, ca. 1962) -- chromed in the 21st century
  222. Smith-Corona Sterling #5AX180041 (USA, 1963)
  223. Andina Grafos #D3438 (Spain, ca. 1963) -- portable, successor to the Talbos
  224. Triumph Perfekt #3062647 (West Germany, ca. 1963) -- portable, tan
  225. Voss Privat #223959 (West Germany, 1963) -- sold at the factory to an American, QWERTY keyboard with script type
  226. Adler Special #2331897 (West Germany, 1964)
  227. IBM Model C Executive #2189953 (USA, 1964) -- proportional, electric (read about this machine on my blog)
  228. Olympia SM5 #2431368 (West Germany, 1965)
  229. Scheidegger Princess Matic #338556 (West Germany, ca. 1965) -- name variant of the Princess 300
  230. Florida #H49535 (Spain, ca. 1965) -- portable
  231. Alpina Baby #373227 (Japan, 1960s) -- made by Nippo; also seen as Condor and Rexina
  232. Gritzner #025822 (West Germany, 1960s) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY "legend lettering machine" for typing on blueprints
  233. Consul 232 #7 232 452348 (Czechoslovakia, 1967)
  234. Cavalier Speedwriter #7 221 033989 (Czechoslovakia/Canada, 1967) -- name variant of the Consul 221, assembled and sold in Canada
  235. Gritzner #031342 (West Germany, 1967) -- downstroke, non-QWERTY lettering machine, with kit and Dutch instructions
  236. Hermes 3000 #3448751 (Switzerland, 1968) -- later body style
  237. Signature 440T (Japan, 1968) -- made by Brother
  238. Princess Standard #459186 (West Germany, ca. 1968)
  239. Remington 333 #E8971648 (Japan, May 1968) -- small portable made by Brother
  240. Olivetti Lettera 33 (Italy, ca. 1969)
  241. Hermes Baby #9413117 (Switzerland, ca. 1970) 
  242. Olivetti Valentine #2101192 (Mexico, ca. 1970) — Spanish keyboard, cubic typeface
  243. Olivetti Lettera 32 #6677466 (Spain, ca. 1973) — Hebrew keyboard
  244. Grants 737 Deluxe (Japan, ca. 1973) — made by Nakajima
  245. Princess 500 #687947 (West Germany, ca. 1974)
  246. Andina Especial 90 #75004 (Spain, ca. 1975) -- portable
  247. Sperry-Rand Remington 10 (Brazil, 1980s) -- Spanish keyboard
  248. Olympia Traveller Deluxe #15-7119191 (Yugoslavia, ca. 1985) -- Thai keyboard
  249. Ortekh #446574 (Russia, 1993) -- portable (read about this machine on my blog)
  250. Generation 3000 #05-25438 (China, 2005) -- portable (read about this typewriter on Will Davis' site)
  251. Royal Scrittore II #0912002099 (China, 2012) (read about this machine on my blog)
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