1045 Brands 3074 Models 19954 Galleries 12240 Typefaces 6273 Patents
Home » » Hunter: Justin De Mello

30 Typewriter Galleries » Hunter: Justin De Mello
View: tpv

432 Points, Typewriter Hunter

I fell in love with typewriters when I was 13. I'm retired now. My first was a Corona #3 which I got free from a neighbor. Decades pass, life happened, and I lost interest. Then a few years back as a retiree I renewed my interest which is a bit of a happy obsession now. However, it's not just typewriters that captivate me; I love all types of old office equipment, too. I have a Dalton adding machine (which I've restored), several different working antique check writers, a Dictaphone, antique steno machine, business card press, postage stamp scale. I have a well equipped antique office that is spilling into all parts of my home. Most items are from the Machine Age: 1880's into the 1930's. Still, typewriters are complex and amazing pieces of machinery that I'm always drawn to.

Oddly my background and profession was in the computer industry. I worked in the banking business for 30 years developing systems for ATM,s, phone banking, then PC home banking. I started out in banking sorting mail in a mailroom, moved on to a hardware operator: keypunch card machines, huge IBM printers, printout bursting machines, tape drive and cathode ray tubes. I guess we have come a long way but typewriters have taken me back.


1940
Adler
2

Serial #594208

View Gallery

1918
Underwood
5

Serial #1068817

View Gallery

1905
Remington
7

Serial #163268

View Gallery

1927
Royal
P

Serial #P17827

View Gallery

1923
Remington
Portable

Serial #NC34202

View Gallery

1914
Remington
10

Serial #RB41299

View Gallery

1936
Remington
16

Serial #Z552000

View Gallery

1908
Underwood
4

Serial #203526

View Gallery

1927
Royal
10

Serial #20-1071044

View Gallery

1941
Remington
17

Serial #J365322

View Gallery