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1937 Macys (Barr) Portable 1 Serial # 38396 1937 Macys (Barr) Portable 1 typewriter, Serial # 38396 Brian Decker's 1937 Macys (Barr) Portable 1 typewriter. 2026-07-15 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brian Decker: 1937 Macys (Barr) Portable 1 Serial # 38396 2026-JUL-15, Gallery Creation. The same eBay seller from whom I acquired my Olympia Filia, "summergirl_96_5", based in Bluffton, OH, today has listed this Macy's No. 1 (Barr) portable for $300 OBO. In my experience, she will accept a significant reduction, 30+%-ish, off her list price. However, there's an active offer for this machine already, so maybe it will be gone from eBay tomorrow. It's ironic that I have bought from this seller recently, and I have acquired a Macy's No. 1 on eBay recently, but not from this seller. This is a Weedsport machine, manufactured somewhere in the 1937-1940 range. I would guess late 1937 or 1938 for this one.

1937 Macys (Barr) Portable 1 #38396

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 07-15-2026 at 06:43PM
Last Edit: 07-15-2026 at 06:54PM

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2026-JUL-15, Gallery Creation. The same eBay seller from whom I acquired my Olympia Filia, "summergirl_96_5", based in Bluffton, OH, today has listed this Macy's No. 1 (Barr) portable for $300 OBO. In my experience, she will accept a significant reduction, 30+%-ish, off her list price. However, there's an active offer for this machine already, so maybe it will be gone from eBay tomorrow. It's ironic that I have bought from this seller recently, and I have acquired a Macy's No. 1 on eBay recently, but not from this seller. This is a Weedsport machine, manufactured somewhere in the 1937-1940 range. I would guess late 1937 or 1938 for this one.

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Keyboard.
Keyboard.

Type basket and paper table.
Type basket and paper table.

Type basket and paper table, closer view.
Type basket and paper table, closer view.

Type basket detail.
Type basket detail.

Type basket with key lever extended.
Type basket with key lever extended.

Typebar at printing point.
Typebar at printing point.

Machine lifted from base.
Machine lifted from base.

Left base mounting hardware.
Left base mounting hardware.

Underside.
Underside.

Serial number.
Serial number.

Right with dealer/service decal.
Right with dealer/service decal.

Rear showing manufacturer decal. Weedsport, NY is barely visible.
Rear showing manufacturer decal. Weedsport, NY is barely visible.

Left broadside.
Left broadside.

Case.
Case.

Another view of the front of the case. This is a plain case style. Often the case has a racing stripe for these late-1930s Weedsport machines.
Another view of the front of the case. This is a plain case style. Often the case has a racing stripe for these late-1930s Weedsport machines.

eBay listing page - going, going, gone?
eBay listing page - going, going, gone?

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.


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