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196X Remington Streamliner Serial # AX 167489 196X Remington Streamliner typewriter, Serial # AX 167489 Chris Aldrich's 196X Remington Streamliner typewriter. 2024-12-17 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Chris Aldrich: 196X Remington Streamliner Serial # AX 167489 I picked this up for a song, and in excellent condition. The "L" was sticking a bit, but it took almost no work or even cleaning to remedy it. The best part is that the color is nearly a perfect match for the mint green color of my TWSBI Eco T fountain pen and my General Fireproofing steel desk. Based on serial numbers in the database, it's likely a late 60s model. With the prefix AX, it may be one of the earliest versions of this model that went into the early 70s. Sadly the plastic case was nearly destroyed during shipping.

196X Remington Streamliner #AX 167489

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 03-22-2024 at 11:11AM
Last Edit: 12-17-2024 at 02:05PM

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I picked this up for a song, and in excellent condition. The "L" was sticking a bit, but it took almost no work or even cleaning to remedy it. The best part is that the color is nearly a perfect match for the mint green color of my TWSBI Eco T fountain pen and my General Fireproofing steel desk. Based on serial numbers in the database, it's likely a late 60s model. With the prefix AX, it may be one of the earliest versions of this model that went into the early 70s. Sadly the plastic case was nearly destroyed during shipping.

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Left side of the Remington Streamliner typewriter featuring a lovely mint blue luster and a a shiny chrome carriage return.
Left side of the Remington Streamliner typewriter featuring a lovely mint blue luster and a a shiny chrome carriage return.

View of the carriage return on the typewriter from the rear.
View of the carriage return on the typewriter from the rear.

Angled view from the back of a Remington Streamliner typewriter featuring the carriage return, platen, and a view into to the typebasket.
Angled view from the back of a Remington Streamliner typewriter featuring the carriage return, platen, and a view into to the typebasket.

A desk level view of the back of the typewriter featuring a small Remington logo.
A desk level view of the back of the typewriter featuring a small Remington logo.

Overhead view from behind of Remington Streamliner typewriter with the hood removed to allow a view into the typebasket featuring all the typebars and pica typeface as well as two plastic ribbon spools.
Overhead view from behind of Remington Streamliner typewriter with the hood removed to allow a view into the typebasket featuring all the typebars and pica typeface as well as two plastic ribbon spools.

Angled view from the right hand side and behind of the Remington Streamliner typewriter with the hood removed to provide a view of the typebasket, typebars, ribbon spools and the platen.
Angled view from the right hand side and behind of the Remington Streamliner typewriter with the hood removed to provide a view of the typebasket, typebars, ribbon spools and the platen.

A desktop view of the edges of the Remington Streamliner keyboard showing the top layer of cream and the bottom of their bodies in dark brown.
A desktop view of the edges of the Remington Streamliner keyboard showing the top layer of cream and the bottom of their bodies in dark brown.

Hood and logo on the Remington Streamliner on which sits a matching colored mint blue TWSBI Eco T fountain pen with red ink that matches the red color of the word Streamliner.
Hood and logo on the Remington Streamliner on which sits a matching colored mint blue TWSBI Eco T fountain pen with red ink that matches the red color of the word Streamliner.

View of a working desk area featuring a silver/glass topped mint blue desk on which sits a matching colored portable typewriter, a fountain pen and a stack of Post-it notes. In the background is a card index filing cabinet and a barrister bookcase full of books.
View of a working desk area featuring a silver/glass topped mint blue desk on which sits a matching colored portable typewriter, a fountain pen and a stack of Post-it notes. In the background is a card index filing cabinet and a barrister bookcase full of books.

Close up from above of the typewriter hood and typebars/basket.
Close up from above of the typewriter hood and typebars/basket.

Oblique view from the right hand side of the mint blue typewriter next to which are a matching fountain pen and pad of Post-It Notes.
Oblique view from the right hand side of the mint blue typewriter next to which are a matching fountain pen and pad of Post-It Notes.

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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