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1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe Serial # A-1927573 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter, Serial # A-1927573 Chris Aldrich's 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter. 2025-02-26 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Aldrich: 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe Serial # A-1927573 Based on the spread of serial numbers from 1949, this was likely manufactured in December of 1949. I purchased it on 2024-04-18 and received it on 2024-04-25 in exceedingly great condition. The typewriter came with the original case, a small 14 page manual, and what appears to be the original Royal typewriter brush. It has almost no external flaws or scratching. Aside from a small fixable issue with the shift and a quirk of the variable spacer, it seems to work as expected. I'll do a quick clean out of the insides to remove some built up oil and dust and give it a quick service. The rubber feet and the platen have certainly seen better days; I'll get around to replacing them shortly. Even the old ribbon still has some reasonable life left in it. I quite like the "Magic Margin" and this is the first machine I've had with an adjustable card finger which one can move down out of the way with a quick pivot. The case has seen some action but is in generally good shape for it's age. The interior seems near mint while the exterior has a few minor discolorations and one small stain.

I'll play with it a bit to see where it goes, but I'm excited to have such a beautiful machine that seems to be the pinnacle of typewriter industrial design of the late 1940s. The original designer Henry Dreyfuss lived just 7 miles from my house, so it seems appropriate to have a "neighbor's" typewriter in the house.

1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe #A-1927573

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 04-25-2024 at 02:20PM
Last Edit: 02-26-2025 at 05:41PM

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Based on the spread of serial numbers from 1949, this was likely manufactured in December of 1949. I purchased it on 2024-04-18 and received it on 2024-04-25 in exceedingly great condition. The typewriter came with the original case, a small 14 page manual, and what appears to be the original Royal typewriter brush. It has almost no external flaws or scratching. Aside from a small fixable issue with the shift and a quirk of the variable spacer, it seems to work as expected. I'll do a quick clean out of the insides to remove some built up oil and dust and give it a quick service. The rubber feet and the platen have certainly seen better days; I'll get around to replacing them shortly. Even the old ribbon still has some reasonable life left in it. I quite like the "Magic Margin" and this is the first machine I've had with an adjustable card finger which one can move down out of the way with a quick pivot. The case has seen some action but is in generally good shape for it's age. The interior seems near mint while the exterior has a few minor discolorations and one small stain.

I'll play with it a bit to see where it goes, but I'm excited to have such a beautiful machine that seems to be the pinnacle of typewriter industrial design of the late 1940s. The original designer Henry Dreyfuss lived just 7 miles from my house, so it seems appropriate to have a "neighbor's" typewriter in the house.

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A gray typewriter sits at an angle on the top of a 20 drawer wooden library card catalog. Next to it is a stack of index cards and a small wooden shadow box with three Lego people posing inside.
A gray typewriter sits at an angle on the top of a 20 drawer wooden library card catalog. Next to it is a stack of index cards and a small wooden shadow box with three Lego people posing inside.

Royal Quiet De Luxe in it's open case sits on a dark wooden table.
Royal Quiet De Luxe in it's open case sits on a dark wooden table.







View into the basket of the Royal Quiet De Luxe from behind. In the background one can see the keyboard.
View into the basket of the Royal Quiet De Luxe from behind. In the background one can see the keyboard.







Comparison of 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe (left0 and it's larger brother a 1950 Royal KMG (right).
Comparison of 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe (left0 and it's larger brother a 1950 Royal KMG (right).

Comparison of 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe (left) and 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe (right).
Comparison of 1948 Royal Quiet De Luxe (left) and 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe (right).

Comparison of 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe (left) and the larger brown 1955 Royal HH.
Comparison of 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe (left) and the larger brown 1955 Royal HH.

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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