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My first typewriter. It's an Olivetti Studio 46, manufactured in Mexico with a Portuguese keyboard.

Smith Corona Corsair Deluxe. Named her "Althea" I know it's not the greatest but I'm loyal to her, as she was the only machine who's been with me during my toughest times.

Underwood Universal

Found this lovely Princess 300 while in Frankfurt on business — one owner, and very well taken care of, it types like a dream (though as it's a QWERTZ layout, it requires a little more attention).

A rare Optima P1 in QWERTY — this is a lovely machine to type on, though on the heavy/large side for a portable.

Olympia SM-3 No. 41 Professional Elite

1958 Rheinmetall KsT

1954 Smith-Corona Clipper

Triumph Adler S

1970s Imperial Litton 203

1970s Custom Gold Triumph Adler Tippa

1915 Remington 10 made at the Ilion, NY plant. Oldest typewriter I found up to this day with the essential French diacritics, but not in the correct disposition, for the Canadian market.

My trusty 1972 Olympia SM9 with French Canadian keyboard. Elite 2.3 mm typeface (No. 8).

1947 Underwood Noiseless 77 with French Canadian keyboard. Missing the button for the line finder.

Repair history card of my green 1981 IBM Selectric III Correctible.

1981 IBM Selectric III. It has a 96 car. QWERTY keyboard with an evolved French diacritics layout. It has the capability to add certain diacritics to uppercase letters (À, Ê, Ç) and << guillemets >>

Imperial Good Companion 6

1946 Olympia Elite

13cpi (Elite 2mm) font

Sperry Rand Remington 2000 (aka Monarch)

Scheidegger Princess-Matic (Keller and Knappich Princess 300)

Hermes 2000 1953

Olympia SM9

Olympia SM8

Olympia Traveller De Luxe

Olympia SM3

Brother 220

Erika 42

Olivetti Lettera 22

Olivetti Underwood 21

Olivetti Lettera 32

Adler Tippa Cursive

Olympia SM4

Royal Diana

Erika 10

Royal Royalite

Blue Bird Torpedo 18S

Continental 340

Olivetti Studio 44

Imperial Good Companion 4

Olympia Splendid 99

Triumph Norm 6

Olympia SM5

Antares Capri

Empire Corona (Smith Corona U.K. licenced)

Olympia SM7

1966 Olympia Splendid 33

1979 Adler Tippa

1943 Imperial Good Companion

1987 Nakajima ALL 520

1975 Brother 300

飛魚 PSQ 100

1979 Olympia SG3

1976 Smith Corona Galaxie Twelve

1958 Olympia SM3-13 De Luxe Typewriter with Math Keys

My 1957 Remington Quiet-Riter - "Misty"

12 cpi cursive Remington Ten Forty

Pica Signature 100. $10 at goodwill. My first successful repair!

Imperial Congress typeface 1957 Voss ST24

Pica techno or senatorial. Restored by Pacific Typewriter PDX

Pica Techno. Restored by Andrew at Typewriter Rehab, TX

This Gossen Tippa Pilot has an elite typeface, bichrome setting, and a hard case (it's screwed into the base of the case).

Found this Groma Kolibri by chance for a steal — in QWERTY no less!

A lovely white SM3 with a UK keyboard

Empire Aristocrat and M.J. Rooy ultraportables (was very excited to find the latter in QWERTY).

1970's S-C Secretarial 300, Presidential Elite type

Empire Aristocrat (Pica)

Olympia SM3

Sears Courier (an Olivetti Lettera 22, made in Mexico)

Olivetti Lettera 22 (round keys). Made in Italy.

Hermes Ambassador (non-electric version, without carbon ribbon mechanism).

Olympia SM3 (Pica)

Olivetti Studio 45

Olivetti Lettera 32

Olympia SM9

Olympia SM5

Olympia SF de Luxe (Script)

Groma Gromina

Olympia Traveller de Luxe and Montgomery Ward Escort 55 (Script, Olivetti-made, Lettera 32 mechanism).

Olivetti Lettera 37

Olivetti shapes (clockwise from top: Lettera 22, Lettera, 35, Lettera 32, Studio 44)

196X Optima M12 with a super-wide carriage (DIN A1) from East Germany (GDR).

East-German (GDR) Groma Gromina 1954 with German keyboard. It's the predecessor of the more famous Groma Kolibri.

1967 Smith Corona Super Sterling. Great typer but really heavy (looks can be deceiving).

If this doesn’t make you feel like you’re in the Secret Service, nothing will! Although I admit I prefer my cocktail stirred, not shaken....

A joy to type on: a black, Pica, 1950 Gossen Tippa, with both its hardshell cover and leather briefcase. My collection has many gems (all appear in my directory album), but this remains my favourite.

1899 Smith Premier 4. Note the directional keys at the top left. So COOL!!

Refurbishing the Underwood Model 3.

Royal Senior Companion with manual.

Smith-Corona Ultrasonic III... and 20 bucks?

1960's Royal Companion (Royalite) - my James Bond typewriter!

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