This typewriter was imported by the Associated Merchandising Corporation (now Target Sourcing Services), and was made in France. This typewriter was frequently advertised in the Midwest, but have been known to appear periodically in the Northwest and East. It is part of the Patria Family of typewriters (More info here: www.machinesoflovinggrace.com/ptf/EuropePatriaFamily.html and http://www.typewriters.ch/collection/patria_typewriter.html) Looking at it, three things become clear:
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- This is a very high-quality typewriter
- It is basically a 1930s typewriter in a streamlined shell.
- The manufacturers of this typewriter put a lot of effort into making a simple, easy to use typewriter.
- Germany: Voss Privat
- UK: Oliver and Byron portables
- France: Japy (Pronounced jah-pea; Les Freres Japy manufactured high-quality clocks and watches, as well as typewriters)
- Switzerland: Patria, Swissa
- Spain: Amaya, Florida
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| Part of a Higbee's advertisement in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 20, 1956. This was part of a full-page ad. |