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1941 Royal Arrow Serial # C-1111118 1941 Royal Arrow typewriter, Serial # C-1111118 Wayne Bouchard's 1941 Royal Arrow typewriter. 2024-03-31 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Wayne Bouchard: 1941 Royal Arrow Serial # C-1111118 A Royal Arrow typewriter, made in 1941. One of the reasons I bought this was the serial number. Hard to turn down the interesting ones!
Uses the standard Royal Pica type with 10 pitch and 6 LPI.

This typewriter has a history!

It was apparently first sold in 1942 (the serial puts it right in the Dec/Jan time frame.) but sold again about 1949, since there is a name and a date scratched under the paper tray. It was later sold again and came to the family I bought it from. The seller, who stated she even used to live in the county I reside in in Arizona, stated that it came to her through inheritance, but the man she knew who owned it was a railroad worker all his life and even had a railroad depot display setup in one room of his home. Anyone who loves trains that much can't be a bad guy! After he passed on, it went from him to her aunt. From there, it went to her cousin. Then it came to her. Well, what to do with it but sell it since she now had the accumulated possessions of all three.

When I received it, the platen had a paper of some vintage wrapped around it and glued over another earlier bit of paperage of some other sort. This was a home repair for a crack that ran the full length of the platen. It actually worked surprisingly well! However, for restoration purposes, the paper was removed and the platen sent off for recovering. In the mean time, I borrowed a platen from another Royal so I could give it a thorough evaluation. It was one of the filthiest typewriters I have ever encountered , but it cleaned up well after a good deal of work, and now types almost like new!

1941 Royal Arrow #C-1111118

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Wayne Bouchard (azweb100)
Created: 03-20-2024 at 08:48PM
Last Edit: 03-31-2024 at 02:32AM

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A Royal Arrow typewriter, made in 1941. One of the reasons I bought this was the serial number. Hard to turn down the interesting ones!
Uses the standard Royal Pica type with 10 pitch and 6 LPI.

This typewriter has a history!

It was apparently first sold in 1942 (the serial puts it right in the Dec/Jan time frame.) but sold again about 1949, since there is a name and a date scratched under the paper tray. It was later sold again and came to the family I bought it from. The seller, who stated she even used to live in the county I reside in in Arizona, stated that it came to her through inheritance, but the man she knew who owned it was a railroad worker all his life and even had a railroad depot display setup in one room of his home. Anyone who loves trains that much can't be a bad guy! After he passed on, it went from him to her aunt. From there, it went to her cousin. Then it came to her. Well, what to do with it but sell it since she now had the accumulated possessions of all three.

When I received it, the platen had a paper of some vintage wrapped around it and glued over another earlier bit of paperage of some other sort. This was a home repair for a crack that ran the full length of the platen. It actually worked surprisingly well! However, for restoration purposes, the paper was removed and the platen sent off for recovering. In the mean time, I borrowed a platen from another Royal so I could give it a thorough evaluation. It was one of the filthiest typewriters I have ever encountered , but it cleaned up well after a good deal of work, and now types almost like new!

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It is amazing how well this typewriter turned out after cleaning! There are still one or two minor issues with it, but it is perfectly usable and types like it's new!
It is amazing how well this typewriter turned out after cleaning! There are still one or two minor issues with it, but it is perfectly usable and types like it's new!


Located at the back left of the machine beneath the carriage.
Located at the back left of the machine beneath the carriage.

A photo clearly showing the "P" designating this as the standard Royal Pica typeface
A photo clearly showing the "P" designating this as the standard Royal Pica typeface







This finish appears to be steel plated with copper and then given an oil black finish. I had to put this in an ultrasonic bath to clean the grim off it and after pulling it out, decent portions of the finish had come off, leaving the copper showing. This photo is after much work with a Q-tip and flat black enamel paint to restore the corrosion resistance and prevent it from turning green.
This finish appears to be steel plated with copper and then given an oil black finish. I had to put this in an ultrasonic bath to clean the grim off it and after pulling it out, decent portions of the finish had come off, leaving the copper showing. This photo is after much work with a Q-tip and flat black enamel paint to restore the corrosion resistance and prevent it from turning green.

The decal is in amazing shape!
The decal is in amazing shape!


The case isn't in great shape but cleaned up decently enough.
The case isn't in great shape but cleaned up decently enough.


Hunter: Wayne Bouchard (azweb100)

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Started collecting typewriters in 2023 with a Royal HHE like the one I did my first book report on when I was in school and using my dad's old typewriter.


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