1925 Woodstock Electrite #E17755
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 09-07-2024 at 05:22PM
Last Edit: 10-24-2024 at 03:26PM
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Description:
As found.
Conventional wisdom is that Remington produced the first electric typewriter in 1925. In subsequent decades the Remington marketing department will push this. While they may have demonstrated one in 1925, there are no ads to support they had one for the market until 1927. See Beeching page 180, which supports the ad search return,
In contrast, Woodstock was full bore selling the Electrite in 1925.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.
RESEARCH NOTE: When researching the Woodstock Electrite on a computer with lots of screen real estate, you may find that launching the Woodstock Serial Number page and the Woodstock Electrite By Model/Year/Serial page in new browser windows can give you interesting perspectives on changes throughout the model series.
