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1938 Royal 10 Serial # SY-38-100158 1938 Royal 10 typewriter, Serial # SY-38-100158 Mac Derscheid's 1938 Royal 10 typewriter. 2025-01-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mac Derscheid: 1938 Royal 10 Serial # SY-38-100158 This is where it started - the first typewriter I ever purchased. The eBay seller shipped it nearly completely unprotected in a cardboard box, leading to the right corner of the frame around the keyboard breaking off. A little JB Weld took care of that, though it is still quite noticeable. It works fine, but needs a little cleaning.

I have entered 1938 as the year of manufacture, though I'm sure it is a little older than that. All I know is that this is the 158th machine that Regal Typewriter Company rebuilt in 1938, since they replaced the original serial number. I find it quite interesting that they replaced the glass panels with what appears to be side panels from a KHM.

1938 Royal 10 #SY-38-100158

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mac Derscheid (mderscheid)
Created: 01-14-2025 at 10:32AM
Last Edit: 01-14-2025 at 10:32AM

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This is where it started - the first typewriter I ever purchased. The eBay seller shipped it nearly completely unprotected in a cardboard box, leading to the right corner of the frame around the keyboard breaking off. A little JB Weld took care of that, though it is still quite noticeable. It works fine, but needs a little cleaning.

I have entered 1938 as the year of manufacture, though I'm sure it is a little older than that. All I know is that this is the 158th machine that Regal Typewriter Company rebuilt in 1938, since they replaced the original serial number. I find it quite interesting that they replaced the glass panels with what appears to be side panels from a KHM.

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My first experience with a typewriter came when I was around 6 years old, every time I visited my grandmother I would go type on her Smith Corona electronic typewriter. Back in early 2012, my mother stumbled across the USBTypewriter project, and I was hooked instantly. I quickly bought a kit, and in June 2012 I purchased the machine to be used with it: my beautiful late model Royal 10. Later that year I stopped at an antique store, and found another machine: this time a Remington Rand Model 7. I thought I would buy just one more. Then later, one more. And then one more. Pretty soon I amassed around 30 machines, and that number is still growing today! I hope to get them all uploaded here soon so that I actually have a count on my typewriters, because I lost count long ago.


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