1943 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A 1157146
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 07-18-2025 at 02:39PM
Last Edit: 07-18-2025 at 03:42PM
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Description:
So clean and unmolested. How clean? I didn't remove one body panel for a light mineral spirits blowout, service, and go. If it weren't for being placed in the case, the wrong type, upside down, it'd be near perfect. Just look at the legend!
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- Gallery
- Ribbon
- 1946
- Manual
- 1948
- The Gray Ghost
- gen 3
- 4th gen RA
- QDL at Futura
- The sad end to the QDL
- Ancestry
- Before the QDL
Photos:
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
James Grooms's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 14453
As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.
Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to anyone area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.
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