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Universal: Typewriter Serial Number Age List

Brand: Jewett Also known as • American-Standard • Germania • Germania-Jewett • Universal

Serial Number Table Last Edited: 01/1/13 04:15
NOTE: dates shown are JAN 1 unless noted, so the serial number shown is the *first* serial number produced the given year. Exceptions are serial numbers preceded by "up to"(where you can assume that the numbers reported in that subsection are DECEMBER 31, END OF YEAR NUMBERS) or rows where a month is given in the month column. If the serial number is shown as a range (xxxx-xxxx) it indicates that we know the entire range of serial numbers for the given year.

Jewett
				Jewett Typewriter Co., Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.

Models and s/n	Y	M	D	Remarks	Ref.


Model 1				The Jewett was developed from the Duplex, it was first called "American Standard", but Remington complained, since they used the word "Standard", so it was called Jewett
1000-2000	started 1892			Estimated from known serial numbers	4,13


Model 2
over 10000	started 1895			Serial number estimated, 76 keys	4,13


Model 3
7000-10000	started 1895			Estimated from known serial numbers, 80 keys	4,13


Model 4
10000-15000	started 1897			Estimated from known serial numbers, 76 keys	4,13


Model 5
10000-21000	started 1897			Estimated from known serial numbers, 80 keys	4,13


Model 6
	started 1897			87 keys	4,13


Model 9
	started 1898			88 keys	4,13


Model 10
over 20000	started 1898			Serial number estimated, 94 keys	4,13


Model 11
	started 1901			96 keys	4,13


Special Model
	started 1902			122 characters for the export	4
				Production of Jewetts ended 1905	4


Germania
Models 2, 3, 5 and 10	1898-1901			The machine was assembled for the German market by H.&A. Scheffer,Sundern, Germany and sold as "Germania", "Germania Jewett" and Universal	4
				1901 the production was given up and restarted by Schilling & Kraemer, Suhl, Germany, who produced it in an improved form as the "Regina", see there	4