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1922 Remington Portable Serial # NZ22506 1922 Remington Portable typewriter, Serial # NZ22506 James Grooms's 1922 Remington Portable typewriter. 2025-04-19 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1922 Remington Portable Serial # NZ22506 Sold by Sauer's Book Store, Chillicothe Mo. A dealer for Remington machines ca 1922-1927.

A nice untouched example, which are getting harder to find. So nice it is feeding paper on the original brown rubber.

The Remington ad budget for these was hauuuge and very interesting. RP's great site (link) makes reference to a ca 1926 document that suggests number 1s weren't available for widespread sale until Sept 1921. This doesn't hold up to a newspaper search where dealers are placing ads for sale as early as late Dec of 1920 and go full bore in early 1921 (see last image). There are over 2000 search returns in 1921 and nobody is running ads for something they don't have for sale. Add to this the Remington shareholder's report (Dec 1921) also states they were on sale in "early" 1921. There is also a Feb 1922 dealer meeting stating they had been on sale for a little over a year. In November of 1921 Remington is demoing the updated version with "eleven improvements" at a trade show. If the TWDB SNs are an indication, there were roughly 5,000 of the early version made in 1921. I would suggest that the Remington reference to Sept 1921 is a typo and they meant Sept 1920 and were making note of those made in the last three months of 1920 as the prototypes. This would also fit dealers placing orders for first quarter of 1921 sales.

1922 Remington Portable #NZ22506

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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Sold by Sauer's Book Store, Chillicothe Mo. A dealer for Remington machines ca 1922-1927.

A nice untouched example, which are getting harder to find. So nice it is feeding paper on the original brown rubber.

The Remington ad budget for these was hauuuge and very interesting. RP's great site (link) makes reference to a ca 1926 document that suggests number 1s weren't available for widespread sale until Sept 1921. This doesn't hold up to a newspaper search where dealers are placing ads for sale as early as late Dec of 1920 and go full bore in early 1921 (see last image). There are over 2000 search returns in 1921 and nobody is running ads for something they don't have for sale. Add to this the Remington shareholder's report (Dec 1921) also states they were on sale in "early" 1921. There is also a Feb 1922 dealer meeting stating they had been on sale for a little over a year. In November of 1921 Remington is demoing the updated version with "eleven improvements" at a trade show. If the TWDB SNs are an indication, there were roughly 5,000 of the early version made in 1921. I would suggest that the Remington reference to Sept 1921 is a typo and they meant Sept 1920 and were making note of those made in the last three months of 1920 as the prototypes. This would also fit dealers placing orders for first quarter of 1921 sales.

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A typical ad from 1921. This one from Jan. There is ref to some doc that suggests that the Portable wasn't for general sale until Sept 1921. With over 2,000 ads placed in 21 and the Aug 21 shareholder report, this doesn't hold up to sources.
A typical ad from 1921. This one from Jan. There is ref to some doc that suggests that the Portable wasn't for general sale until Sept 1921. With over 2,000 ads placed in 21 and the Aug 21 shareholder report, this doesn't hold up to sources.

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