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1938 Royal KMM Serial # KMM 14 2317425 1938 Royal KMM typewriter, Serial # KMM 14 2317425 James Grooms's 1938 Royal KMM typewriter. 2024-11-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1938 Royal KMM Serial # KMM 14 2317425 Under any ordinary circumstance, this early, but otherwise common, KMM most likely wouldn't have been hauled home even if it were free. Seeing as it had been dropped at least twice, smashing both sides of the carriage controls and breaking the frame, it's usefulness even for parts would be questionable. It's typing days were certainly long past?

However, it would seem a shame to discard a piece of history? A tribute, if one will, to FDR, the New Deal, the forces of a liberal Democracy that said no to fascism at home and became the arsenal of democracy that defeated a fascist coalition in a global war.

After parts from others and many unusual alignment issues to sort through, she types again!

1938 Royal KMM #KMM 14 2317425

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 05-30-2024 at 02:18PM
Last Edit: 11-08-2024 at 01:07PM

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Under any ordinary circumstance, this early, but otherwise common, KMM most likely wouldn't have been hauled home even if it were free. Seeing as it had been dropped at least twice, smashing both sides of the carriage controls and breaking the frame, it's usefulness even for parts would be questionable. It's typing days were certainly long past?

However, it would seem a shame to discard a piece of history? A tribute, if one will, to FDR, the New Deal, the forces of a liberal Democracy that said no to fascism at home and became the arsenal of democracy that defeated a fascist coalition in a global war.

After parts from others and many unusual alignment issues to sort through, she types again!

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HH feet.
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2 part epoxy and clamped for 24 hrs.
2 part epoxy and clamped for 24 hrs.

Unfortunately someone chiseled the asset tag off.
Unfortunately someone chiseled the asset tag off.

Most of the paint was gone, so steel wooled it all off. Looks better this way?
Most of the paint was gone, so steel wooled it all off. Looks better this way?

Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

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