1921 Adler Klein Adler #205572

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 09-01-2026 at 03:45PM
Last Edit: 09-01-2026 at 03:55PM

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Description:

2026-SEP-01, Gallery Creation.

This typewriter is from the Mike Meakin collection. Mike was the owner of Abacus Office Machines in Spokane, WA, which he started in 1961. Mike retired in 1992, leaving the operation of the business to his children. In addition to running a successful office machine business, Mike was an avid typewriter and adding machine collector, whose collection grew to over 450 machines over time. Mike passed away in 2025, and his children are now gradually selling off his collection. His daughter, Trudy, has graciously allowed me to create TWDB galleries for Mike's machines, to add to our knowledge base.

Serial number 205572 seems to place this as a 1st-generation Klein-Adler portable dating from 1921. It is currently actively listed on eBay, as of this gallery creation, 9/1/2026.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Previous Meakin Gallery, Erika Modell S Portable #547177/S (1936)

Photos:

Front top-down close-up.

Forward right quadrant view.

Right broadside view.

Aft view.

Left broadside view.

Left side of cover and (missing) ribbon spool cover.

Front, head-on, paper inserted.

Keyboard.

Bell and right ribbon spool cover.

Forward right, no paper inserted.

Forward right with case, paper inserted.

Serial number.

Case.

Case front and latch.

Case base.

Case interior.

eBay main listing page. This listing is still active as of 9/1/2026.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.