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1913 Royal 5 Serial # 163169-5 1913 Royal 5 typewriter, Serial # 163169-5 Mac Derscheid's 1913 Royal 5 typewriter. 2025-01-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mac Derscheid: 1913 Royal 5 Serial # 163169-5 In decent working condition, but missing the carriage return lever. Keys are a little sticky. This is the third typewriter I transported with me on an airplane, and the one that got the most reaction from fellow passengers!

1913 Royal 5 #163169-5

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mac Derscheid (mderscheid)
Created: 01-14-2025 at 10:59AM
Last Edit: 01-14-2025 at 11:00AM


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In decent working condition, but missing the carriage return lever. Keys are a little sticky. This is the third typewriter I transported with me on an airplane, and the one that got the most reaction from fellow passengers!

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Hunter: Mac Derscheid (mderscheid)

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My first experience with a typewriter came when I was around 6 years old, every time I visited my grandmother I would go type on her Smith Corona electronic typewriter. Back in early 2012, my mother stumbled across the USBTypewriter project, and I was hooked instantly. I quickly bought a kit, and in June 2012 I purchased the machine to be used with it: my beautiful late model Royal 10. Later that year I stopped at an antique store, and found another machine: this time a Remington Rand Model 7. I thought I would buy just one more. Then later, one more. And then one more. Pretty soon I amassed around 30 machines, and that number is still growing today! I hope to get them all uploaded here soon so that I actually have a count on my typewriters, because I lost count long ago.



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