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1955 Royal HH Serial # 5765903 1955 Royal HH typewriter, Serial # 5765903 Chris Aldrich's 1955 Royal HH typewriter. 2024-11-13 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Aldrich: 1955 Royal HH Serial # 5765903 2024-07-12 Received as a 50th Birthday present. Sadly it was poorly packaged in shipping and the left corner took a hit causing misalignment of the frame with respect to the carriage. Hopefully it's repairable. The right Magic Margin took a hit as well and isn't working properly. It's dusty, and dirty and needs a severe cleaning out. Despite some sticky and slow keys, it works (with some serious help due to the bent frame). Should be recoverable with some work and should prove to be a solid typer.

1955 Royal HH #5765903

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 07-12-2024 at 11:27AM
Last Edit: 11-13-2024 at 11:18AM

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2024-07-12 Received as a 50th Birthday present. Sadly it was poorly packaged in shipping and the left corner took a hit causing misalignment of the frame with respect to the carriage. Hopefully it's repairable. The right Magic Margin took a hit as well and isn't working properly. It's dusty, and dirty and needs a severe cleaning out. Despite some sticky and slow keys, it works (with some serious help due to the bent frame). Should be recoverable with some work and should prove to be a solid typer.

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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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