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1945 Remington 17 Serial # J732492 1945 Remington 17 typewriter, Serial # J732492 Chris Aldrich's 1945 Remington 17 typewriter. 2025-03-01 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Aldrich: 1945 Remington 17 Serial # J732492 2025-02-24: This got delivered on the 21st, but I hadn't had a chance to take a look at it until today. It's not in terrible cosmetic shape, but has definitely been collecting dust and cob webs for a few decades. It seems to be in reasonable mechanical shape. There is a sticky key or two that will need either some cleaning and/or forming. The carriage is going to need some serious cleaning and possible adjustment to slide cleanly. Beyond this, this 80 year old typewriter should come roaring back to life sometime soon. (The recent Eaton Fire means it may take a bit longer to address the underlying issues as my tools and "shop" are quarantined/uninhabitable.)

I've uploaded a few "before" photos for general identification, but will update in the near future with some better ones post-cleaning and adjustment.

2025-02-26: Spent about 20 minutes doing some general surface cleaning and exploration

1945 Remington 17 #J732492

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 02-24-2025 at 10:26PM
Last Edit: 03-01-2025 at 05:10PM

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2025-02-24: This got delivered on the 21st, but I hadn't had a chance to take a look at it until today. It's not in terrible cosmetic shape, but has definitely been collecting dust and cob webs for a few decades. It seems to be in reasonable mechanical shape. There is a sticky key or two that will need either some cleaning and/or forming. The carriage is going to need some serious cleaning and possible adjustment to slide cleanly. Beyond this, this 80 year old typewriter should come roaring back to life sometime soon. (The recent Eaton Fire means it may take a bit longer to address the underlying issues as my tools and "shop" are quarantined/uninhabitable.)

I've uploaded a few "before" photos for general identification, but will update in the near future with some better ones post-cleaning and adjustment.

2025-02-26: Spent about 20 minutes doing some general surface cleaning and exploration

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Slugs on a Remington 17
Slugs on a Remington 17

Angle on the right rear corner of the Remington 17 with the rear panel pulled open, but still hinged on bottom screws. The mechanism of the rear panel is somewhat reminiscent of the later Fold-A-Matic feature of the Remington Standards in the 1950s.
Angle on the right rear corner of the Remington 17 with the rear panel pulled open, but still hinged on bottom screws. The mechanism of the rear panel is somewhat reminiscent of the later Fold-A-Matic feature of the Remington Standards in the 1950s.

View of the bottom of a Remington 17 showing dusty and cobweb covered internals.
View of the bottom of a Remington 17 showing dusty and cobweb covered internals.

Close up of the serial number of a Remington 17 typewriter
Close up of the serial number of a Remington 17 typewriter

Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)

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Hello! I’m a Johns Hopkins trained biomedical and electrical engineer with a variety of interests in the entertainment industry, information theory, evolution, big history, genetics, signal processing, transgenetics, translational medicine, and theoretical mathematics. I’m a strong advocate of the IndieWeb movement.

I have a love for analog office equipment including library card catalogs and typewriters. As of March 2025, I've got a segment of 45 typewriters, mostly portable and manual models along with several Royal standards, a Remington Standard, and one SMC typebar electric. I have been learning how to completely overhaul all of the machines in my collection, all of which work well aside from one or two machines which need some parts. I have a burgeoning collection of typewriter tools for continually repairing, maintaining, and upgrading my machines.

2024 was broadly a year of collecting portables and 2025 seems to be shaping up to be the year of the standards. I'm slowly morphing my TWdB collection photos so that the "hero" photos of the machine facing to the right (with the left side of the typewriter facing front generally with the carriage return in the front) are those that have been generally cleaned /restored while those facing to the left (with the right side of the typewriter facing front with carriage return in the rear) are those that still need cleaning, oiling, adjustment or a major repair. Those facing forward generally need work as well. Certainly some don't fit this pattern, but I hope to fix them all shortly as I get the requisite photos.

I've got more than half a dozen card catalogs including a Gaylord Bros. and a Steelcase along with several Remington Rand and some Shaw-Walkers. I've lost count of my index card collection once I passed 10,000.


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