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Olympia SM-9 (Wide), 1973
This is easily the best typewriter that I have ever used! (and for once, Consumer Reports agrees!--Usually my favorite typewriters were hated by Consumer Reports, especially the Royal Royalite,...
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Royal Mercury Advertising, 1968
These advertisements were provided to me by Darryl Bridson, who is the Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Royal Consumer Information Products (Formerly Royal Typewriter Company)
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Smith-Corona Silent-Super, 1957
I found this typewriter at my local Value Village after selling a 1946 Smith-Corona Sterling. Although I only paid $12 for it, it came with all of its accessories, including its instruction manual, a...
View ArticleOlympia Typewriter Dealers, 1972
Acme Office Machines1826 N. 45th StreetSeattle, WABurt Typewriter (Closed 1975)1204 2nd AvenueSeattle, WAMako's Typewriter5435 Ballard Avenue NWSeattle, WASeattle TypewriterArcade BuildingSeattle,...
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Cole-Steel is from 1960
Apparently, a Cole-Steel with the serial number 3-149323 was sold on March 21, 1960. My Cole-Steel has a serial number of 3-143335. Because the Cole-Steel was popular in Germany, and relatively popular...
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1959 Smith-Corona Skyriter--before and after
Here is what my 1959 Skyriter looks like now:This is what it looked like before I repainted it:I chose to make this typewriter two-tone, in order to preserve all of the original logos. However, I made...
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G.W. Boyce
This building is the source of my 1949 Smith-Corona Silent, at 601 Santa Fe Avenue. I think it was resold there, because there was a touch typing card from another dealer, in a residential area, with a...
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1949 Smith-Corona Silent
This typewriter was originally sold by Walton Typewriter, 505 Broadway, in Pueblo, Colorado. It came with a touch-typing card advertising Walton Typewriter. This was most likely the dealer who sold it...
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1929 Remington Model 3
I bought this typewriter over the weekend in Sedro-Wooley, Washington. It was manufactured in March, 1929. This typewriter, called the Remington Model 3, was introduced in 1928, and discontinued in...
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Remington Case Brochure
This brochure is from Richard Polt. My Remington's case is in this style (custom from the Remington factory) complete with stripes and storage compartments. It has the same lining as the case on the...
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Olympia SM-9, 1978
As it turns out, I was wrong about the year that my Olympia SM-9 was manufactured. According to the recently updated Typewriter Database,...
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Remington 3 Instructions
This instruction flyer is courtesy of the Cornelia and Peter Weil Typewriter Archive.
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Typewriter Dealers, Seattle, 1929
(In alphabetical order)American Writing Machine Co.908 Second AvenueELiot-8307Chase Typewriter Co.Lyon BuildingELiot-6301http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/seattle/s23.htmCorona Typewriter Agency202...
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1966 Smith-Corona Corsair and 1966 Sears Tutor
Here are the lids that the Sears Tutor and Smith-Corona Corsair are carried in.Smith-Corona Corsair and Sears Tutor. Notice the angular ribbon cover on the Tutor.Sears Tutor, 1966Smith-Corona...
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Pettinger Typewriter, 1960s
The building next to Totem Pole Loans was home to Pettinger Typewriter in the 1960s. Thankfully most of these buildings have been restored.The gray building in the photo above was replaced with a...
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The old typewriter database, www.tw-db.com indicated that my Olivetti Lettera 22 was made in 1954. However, the current typewriter database, www.typewriterdatabase.com which is cross-referenced with...
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Consumer Reports' vs. the Olivetti Lettera 22
Olivetti Lettera 22Tower ChieftainI was reading reviews of various portable typewriters in Consumer Reports, when I noticed a discrepancy between the reviews of the Olivetti Lettera 22 and the nearly...
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Klein-Continental W-34, 1933
This is easily among my top three favorite portable typewriters. This typewriter was made in Chemnitz, Germany in the early 1930s. Chemnitz is located in Saxony, which is in Eastern Germany. After...
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