1954 Royal Quiet De Luxe #RA-2929078
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mei Travis (meilynne)
Created: 02-09-2021 at 12:59PM
Last Edit: 01-11-2022 at 08:17AM
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Description:
I purchased my third RQDL from ShopGoodwill.com in Traverse City, MI on Feb. 4, 2021, for $67 total, and received after the great AR snow storm. Then I cleaned and serviced it during Typewriter Club Live on Mar. 13-14.
I think the typewriter once belonged to Louise Schlief, born in 1937, currently in Arcadia MI, as I found some carbon copies of her May 1978 typings of secretarial notes for Warren Woods Tower High School PTA.
Typeface Specimen:
Links:
- The Royal “RA” prefix Quiet De Luxes and the “Speed Selector” (Plus Ted's RQDL history timeline)
- Royal QDL Bubblebath on TCL
Photos:
Hunter: Mei Travis (meilynne)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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During the quiet summer of 2020, I longed to use a typewriter again. After some online research and browsing, two Brother machines landed on my doorstep. A 1971 Montgomery Ward's Signature 511D and a creamy 1985 Sears ultraportable both ignited a fire I haven't felt in a long time. I quickly found Ted Munk, the Facebook groups, and the rest of the typewriter online community, where I learned how to fix them and appreciate them. By summer's end I had collected 20 typewriters to cure my pandemic blues. Now I'm obsessed about the different styles, the mechanics & repair, and their important history. Typewriters are an endless source of fascination as a literary medium, for creativity, a tinker-fest for machine geeks, and they still contribute to the economy. I truly enjoy learning how to bring mid-century or later typewriters back to life, even the electric ones, while completely in awe of the unique antiques that folks brilliantly restore. It warms my heart that there are others, and here we are sharing the same passions about typewriters together.
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