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1939 Royal KMM Serial # 2451767 1939 Royal KMM typewriter, Serial # 2451767 Matt Watkins's 1939 Royal KMM typewriter. 2024-09-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Matt Watkins: 1939 Royal KMM Serial # 2451767 Picked up in Salem, OR at a thrift store. Sticky keys, deteroiated rubber feet, gummy, and a couple of bent things. Gonna be a bit of work to make fully functional again.

1939 Royal KMM #2451767

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
Created: 06-04-2024 at 10:50PM
Last Edit: 09-30-2024 at 12:26PM


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Picked up in Salem, OR at a thrift store. Sticky keys, deteroiated rubber feet, gummy, and a couple of bent things. Gonna be a bit of work to make fully functional again.

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I hesitate to post this, but a group I belong wanted to explore the recreation of the 1969 book, Royal Road Test. Was it an accident or murder?
I hesitate to post this, but a group I belong wanted to explore the recreation of the 1969 book, Royal Road Test. Was it an accident or murder?

Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)

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First hunt and pecked on a 60's Smith Corona Sterling my mother had and Took typing class in 1982 on an IBM Selectric as a means to get into the computer class my sophomore year. Probably reached 60wpm. Once I moved over to computers I never really went back to typewriters, but 40 years later I find myself enjoying the sound, feel, and smell of a now-vintage Selectric 2 and just picked up a 1955 Silent Super. We'll see how far down the rabbit hole I go....

Update: July 2024. I have 26 typewriters at this point including an identical Selectric I used in high school. The collection kick started in April when I bought 16 in one purchase from a collector on his way out of the hobby. I've also had the good fortune of helping my local air museum find several period-correct WWII typewriters and even gave away a pristine 50's Smith Corona Silent Super to a 19 year old that was enamored typewriters.



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