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1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe Serial # 1439498 1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter, Serial # 1439498 Matt Watkins's 1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter. 2024-09-30 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Matt Watkins: 1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe Serial # 1439498 Bought locally for $100 from elderly lady that said she received it as a youngster. All keys work and only a couple needed tweaking as well as a light cleaning.

1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe #1439498

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Matt Watkins (Ignaciob)
Created: 05-08-2024 at 03:47PM
Last Edit: 09-30-2024 at 12:28PM

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Bought locally for $100 from elderly lady that said she received it as a youngster. All keys work and only a couple needed tweaking as well as a light cleaning.

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Placed in it's new home at the Pasco Aviation Museum in the old original WWII Navy tower. While it's a 1947 model, it's at least period-correct as they made it from '39 to '49.
Placed in it's new home at the Pasco Aviation Museum in the old original WWII Navy tower. While it's a 1947 model, it's at least period-correct as they made it from '39 to '49.

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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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