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Sears Catalog Typewriters, 1964-1968
1966 Sears Christmas Catalog--courtesy of wishbookweb.com1966 Christmas Book page1968 Wish Book page 3781964 Wish Book1964 Wish Book
View ArticleOlivetti-Underwood Portable Dealers, Seattle
These dealers are from the 1956, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1972, and 1975 Seattle Telephone Directories. They have been color-coded.Acme Office Machines, 1826 North 45th StreetAcme Office Machines, 2405...
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Washington Typewriter Co, 1967, 1972, and 1981
Courtesy of Paul DorpatSpring, 1967Spring, 1972. Notice that the "Washington Typewriter" sign has been replaced by LAR-MAC1982--before its 1986 replacement. LAR-MAC is now Aztec Corp.
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Cole-Steel Typewriter Catalog page, 1963
This ad appeared in a 1963 W D Gousset Co catalog:
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J.K. Gill's Lowman & Hanford 22 Cent Sale
I had no idea that any dealer had Cole-Steel typewriters in 1962. This ad is from February 22, 1962.
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J.K. Gill's Lowman & Hanford ad, 1960
I will try to find a higher-quality copy of this ad, making it possible to see the Olympia store.
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Sears Tutor/ Smith-Corona Corsair Diagram
From Sears Parts Direct.Model #8711970 Sears lightweight typewriters"
View ArticleRating Scale of Consumer Reports, 1937
"A product rated 'Also Acceptable' may be of higher quality than one rated 'Best Buy,' but the 'Best Buy' will normally give more return per dollar. In most cases, a product rated 'Not Acceptable is...
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Royal Royalite vs Remington Deluxe Remette
Top: 1962 Royal Royalite. This typewriter was made in very large quantities in The Netherlands, from 1955 until 1963. (in this design). Bottom: 1940 Remington Deluxe Remette. Only 19,237 Deluxe...
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Royal Royalite/Northgate ads
As many Seattleites know, Northgate Mall was the first shopping center to be called a "mall" in the United States, when it was finished in 1950. Its anchor store, Macy's (known as The Bon Marche until...
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More Royalite Ads
These ads are courtesy of Darryl Bridson, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Royal Consumer Information Products.
View ArticleConsumer Reports' Royal Royalite Review
The Royalite appeared under the column marked "Fair" with this caption:"The following portables were judged to be somewhat lower in overall quality than the machines preceding. Listed...
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Royal Custom II, 1968
This typewriter was originally owned by a resident of Spokane, Washington. His name is written on the inside of its case.The first patent number on the underside of the ribbon cover is for the Royal...
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Royal Custom II Advertisements
Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press, September 18, 1968Trenton Evening Times, May 20, 1969Seattle Times, August 18, 1968
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Royal Portable Dealers, Washington State, 1964
Seattle Times, December 11, 1964As you can see, the only Spokane dealer listed is The Bon Marche, a Seattle-based department store chain that merged into Macy's in 2005.Former Bon Marche store,...
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Royal Royalite and Northgate Mall
From The Seattle Times, December 2, 1962Northgate Center was the original name of Northgate Mall. However, when it was built, it was the first shopping center to be described as a "mall," due to the...
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1966 Royal 890 portable
The Royal 890 was a mid-range full-size Royal portable. Its list price was $99.95. In comparison, the top-of-the-line Safari was $114.50. The low-end Telstar, which lacks the =/+ key found on the 890...
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Remington Deluxe Remette Features
Originally from Manual Entry. Notice that Feature # 19 is the Standard keyboard.Here is my own Deluxe Remette
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Royal Telstar and Allied Stores
As you can see, the Royal Telstar is nearly identical to the Royal Safari. Notice the manual margin stops, and the lack of 1/! and =/+ keys. Most of the newspaper ads for the Royal Telstar were printed...
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Smith-Corona Skyriter
Notice the masking tape on the space bar. I taped the space bar to add traction to it--the space bar on Skyriters tends to be a little slippery for my taste.
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