1928 Remington Portable 2 #NX84866

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 09-05-2026 at 01:09PM
Last Edit: 09-05-2026 at 02:12PM

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Description:

2026-SEP-05, 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.

This is a Remington Portable #2 in a two-tone ivory/green color scheme. I'll have to look up the specific color scheme number later. This machine has a case with a Butler University (Indianapolis, IN) sticker, so it likely was used for collegiate writing projects at one time, long ago. It has a May 1928 serial number (NX8xxxx), prior to the transition in that same year to the Vxxxxxx style coding. This machine was listed on eBay, and sold on 7/22/2026.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Previous Meakin gallery, Remington Portable 2 #V127535 (Dec 1928)
• Next Meakin gallery, Remington Portable 2 #NE70949 (Aug 1927)

Photos:

Front view.

Front view, with paper inserted.

Keyboard #1.

Keyboard #2.

Keyboard #3.

Keyboard #4.

Front edge.

Type basket, top-down slightly to left view.

Forward left quadrant, in case.

Left side, oblique view.

Right side, oblique view.

Aft.

Serial number.

Type slugs - looks to me like the pica foundry mark.

Underside.

Underside, left-side detail.

Case top, with Butler U (Indianapolis, IN) sticker.

Case base.

Underside of case base.

eBay main listing page, showing sold status.

eBay sold listing page.

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.