1957 Remington Quiet-Riter #QR 3525912

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 09-26-2024 at 01:41PM
Last Edit: 09-26-2024 at 02:16PM

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Another clean example, this one in Elite typeface. A basic service and away she goes. This one was an unsold end of estate sale typer that was headed for the roll off dumpster in the driveway.

For 1957 alone you get over 4,000 returns for Q-R ads. They spent money in the big papers and the small town ones as well. Sometimes taking out 3/4 page ads in places like the Chicago Tribune and the St. Louis Post dispatch. The theme is always the same. They tug on mom and dad to help their kids in school. In addition they run ads in all the big color magazines and run TV spots on the big shows. Did anyone else do TV commercials? I seriously doubt it.

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Links:

• Popular Mechanics
• Get the girl
• Life
• Jet
• TV ad get the girl part 2
• Manual
• Escape
• 57 in Green crinkle
• 1960 new model
• Budget Letter Riter Deluxe
• Office Riter the big Quiet Riter
• TV ad Office Riter 1958

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.