Typewriter Collection

67 machines, spanning an 1890 Hammond Model 1 to mid-century portables. Some entries are missing a year, serial number, or typeface simply because I haven’t logged that detail yet — this list reflects what I’ve catalogued so far, not the full extent of what I own. See 3D-Printed Type Elements for the replacement parts I’ve designed for several of these.

Restoring these machines — cleaning, repairing, and adjusting decades-old mechanisms back to working order — turns out to double as a genuinely effective way to unwind from engineering coursework: focused, hands-on, and close to a flow state. It was enough of a pattern that it became the subject of a class presentation on stress-reduction techniques.

Part of the wider collections.

Full Inventory

Model names in bold link to a page about that machine. Not every machine has one — I write them up as I get round to it.

1890	Hammond	Model 1	Standard	Manual	—	15058	—	QWERTY	—
1901-07	Sun	No. 2 Standard	Portable	Manual	Black	8278	Standard	3 Bank	10
1901-08	Postal	No. 3	Standard	Manual	Black	14550	—	QWERTY	—
1909	Blickensderfer	no. 5	Portable	Manual	Black	133130	—	DHIATENSOR	10
1909	Blickensderfer	no. 8	Portable	Manual	Black	135255	—	DHIATENSOR	10
1910-13	Bennett	Pocket Typewriter	Portable	Manual	Black	14682	—	3 Bank	10
1910-13	Bennett	Pocket Typewriter	Portable	Manual	Black	18627	—	3 Bank	10
1911	Continental	Standard	Standard	Manual	Black	26277	Italic	QWERTZ	10
1912-15	Harris	Visible no. 4	Standard	Manual	Black	19149	Standard	3 Bank	10
1913-15	Hammond	Multiplex	Standard	Manual	Black	224478	Standard	QWERTY	10
1915-	Hammond	Multiplex	Standard	Manual	Black	CC231416	—	Mathematical	10/15
1917	Underwood	No. 3	Standard	Manual	Black	206803	Standard	QWERTY	12
1919	Corona	3	Portable	Manual	Black	231258	Standard	3 Bank	10
1925	Mignon	No. 4	Portable	Manual	Black	352222	—	Index	10
1926	Underwood	4 Bank	Portable	Manual	Black	4B7867	Standard	QWERTY	10
1927	Woodstock	Model 5N	Standard	Manual	Black	N168116E	Standard	QWERTY	12
1936	Royal	De Luxe	Portable	Manual	Black	A597665	Italic	QWERTY	10
1938	Underwood	Champion Typemaster	Portable	Manual	Black	G1130193	Italic	Apothecary	10
1939	Royal	Quiet De Luxe	Portable	Manual	Black	A-873792	Royal Vogue	QWERTY	10
1946	Remington	17	Standard	Manual	Black	J794385	Pin Point	Unshifted	10
1947	IBM	Model 04 Executive	Standard	Electric	Black	180437	Proportional Modern	QWERTY	—
1952	Smith Corona	Clipper	Portable	Manual	Brown	5C218668	Bulletin	QWERTY	6
1953	Underwood	Quiet Tab	Portable	Manual	Teal	AA2730434	Continental	QWERTY	10
1954	Olympia	SM4	Portable	Manual	White	490865	Tall Script RaRo75	QWERTY	11
1958	Olympia	SM3	Portable	Manual	Cream (HEP)	1205390	Standard	QWERTY	11
1959	Olympia	SG1	Standard	Manual	Green	7-487163	Double Gothic	QWERTY	10
1959	Facit	T1	Standard	Manual	Gray	T1-123221	arrow keys, brackets	QWERTY	10
1960	Triumph	De Jur Perfekt	Portable	Manual	Tan	1228617	Standard	QWERTY	11
1961	Facit	TP1	Portable	Manual	Gray	P287156	Esquire/Bruxelles	QWERTY	10
1965	Facit	TP1	Portable	Manual	Gray	P411069	Imperial	QWERTY	10
—	Royal	Model 5	Standard	Manual	Black	126126-5	Tall Roman	QWERTY	10
—	IBM	Selectric II	Standard	Electric	Green	—	—	QWERTY	10/12
—	Royal	Quiet De Luxe	Portable	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	10
—	Remington	17 Early	Portable	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Royal	Quiet De Luxe	Portable	Manual	Gray	—	Standard	White Russian	10
—	Olympia	SM9	Portable	Manual	White	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Royal	Quiet De Luxe	Portable	Manual	Pink	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Underwood	3 Bank	Portable	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	12
—	Mignon	No. 4	Portable	Manual	Black	—	—	Index	10
—	Remington	Super-Writer	Standard	Manual	Silver (Stripped)	—	Standard	QWERTY	10
—	Urania	—	Standard	Manual	Black	—	Italic	QWERTZ	—
—	Fox	no. 3	Standard	Manual	Black	12593	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Molle	—	Standard	Manual	Black	7464	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	New Yost	no. 4	Standard	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Oliver	No. 3	Standard	Manual	Green	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Reliance	Visible	Standard	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	National	—	Standard	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Remington	Junior	Standard	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Mercedes	Modell 4	Standard	Manual	Black	—	Steile Zierschrift	QWERTY	9
—	Junior (Spain)	Model 58	Portable	Manual	Gray-Blue	C2492	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Remington	Portable Model 1	Portable	Manual	Black	NA13437	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Olympia	SM3	Portable	Manual	Gray	2680308	Italic	QWERTY	—
—	Everest	K2	Portable	Manual	Gray (HEP)	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	IBM	Model 04 Executive	Portable	Electric	Black Crinkle	—	Proportional Modern	QWERTY	—
—	Alpina	SK24	Portable	Manual	Gray/Cream	309290	Congressional	QWERTY	—
—	Underwood	3 Bank	Portable	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Smith Corona	Skywriter	Ultra Portable	Manual	Gray	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Hermes	Baby	Ultra Portable	Manual	Green	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Antares	Parva	Ultra Portable	Manual	Gray	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Emerson	No. 3	Standard	Manual	Black	4217	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Royal	KMH	Standard	Manual	Hammertone Blue	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Mercury (Consul)	MBM (1511)	Portable	Manual	Black	—	Standard	QWERTY	—
—	Olympia	SM9	—	—	—	—	—	QWERTY	—
—	Fox	No. 10	—	—	—	—	—	QWERTY	—
—	IBM	Selectric I	—	Electric	—	—	—	QWERTY	—
—	Remington	Torpedo	—	—	—	—	—	QWERTY	—
—	Fox	No. 23	—	—	—	—	—	QWERTY	—