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1938 Remington Junior Serial # S261005 1938 Remington Junior typewriter, Serial # S261005 Brian Decker's 1938 Remington Junior typewriter. 2025-11-28 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brian Decker: 1938 Remington Junior Serial # S261005 This is my Remington Junior Portable (not the Remington Junior from the teens), manufactured in February 1938. I purchased this machine at White Columns Antique Mall in or near Athens, GA, on 9/12/1998, as part of a two-typewriter deal for $90.00. The pro-rated cost of this machine to me was $36.00, plus $2.52 in GA sales tax at the time. This is a very stripped down machine, with (1) no tabulator; (2) no back-spacer; (3) only a left margin setting; (4) no margin release; (5) no bell; (6) no bichrome ribbon selector. The only ruler markings are along the top of the paper table, and the paper guide is simply a piece of sheet metal spot welded to the paper table. Mechanically, it looks to me like a Remington Model 3 portable in design. It has one interesting character, "^" at the bottom edge of the line, which may be to indicate an insertion, or perhaps it is meant to be a carat or a circumflex for a character on the next line (in single space).

1938 Remington Junior #S261005

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 11-28-2025 at 03:53PM
Last Edit: 11-28-2025 at 03:59PM

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This is my Remington Junior Portable (not the Remington Junior from the teens), manufactured in February 1938. I purchased this machine at White Columns Antique Mall in or near Athens, GA, on 9/12/1998, as part of a two-typewriter deal for $90.00. The pro-rated cost of this machine to me was $36.00, plus $2.52 in GA sales tax at the time. This is a very stripped down machine, with (1) no tabulator; (2) no back-spacer; (3) only a left margin setting; (4) no margin release; (5) no bell; (6) no bichrome ribbon selector. The only ruler markings are along the top of the paper table, and the paper guide is simply a piece of sheet metal spot welded to the paper table. Mechanically, it looks to me like a Remington Model 3 portable in design. It has one interesting character, "^" at the bottom edge of the line, which may be to indicate an insertion, or perhaps it is meant to be a carat or a circumflex for a character on the next line (in single space).

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Right perspective view.
Right perspective view.

Front view.
Front view.

Back view.
Back view.

Top view of paper table.
Top view of paper table.

Underside.
Underside.

Detail of patent decal.
Detail of patent decal.

Serial Number.
Serial Number.

Typing Sample.
Typing Sample.

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. I still have my collection of around 57 machines, and now I have a renewed interest in getting some of them in good working and cosmetic order.


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