1958 Remington Travel-Riter #TR588852
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 03-23-2026 at 07:41AM
Last Edit: 03-23-2026 at 07:41AM
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Description:
This is the second Travel-Riter I've owned (I also had one of the Torpedo-style ones). This is a nice little typewriter, made in Holland. Aside from not having a tabulator and ribbon color selection, it has the features of a larger portable. I find the key touch to require a bit more force than some other typewriters, but once you get used to it, the typing action is nice.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1479
I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.
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