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I'm a semi-retired software/web developer with a seven-year-old grandson, Jaxon, who is crazy about typewriters. In late 2021, Jaxon got a Montgomery Ward Escort 350 portable from Goodwill that absolutely fascinated him. He takes it everywhere, and is especially pleased that it has a key for the number one. He considers that to be our best typer, but I think that honor goes to our second generation 1969 Hermes 3000. Jaxon's got me hooked, and now--between us--we have a growing collection of writing machines. Together, we've set up and equipped a small workshop area and, whenever we get the chance, we clean and perform minor repairs on our typewriters. Jaxon looks forward to when he will be able to read and spell, and no longer need grown-ups to tell him the letters of the words he wants to type.

Newer to typewriter collecting than Jaxon, I am particularly interested in ultra-portables and portables, and have developed a special fondness for Hermes machines. I am also very interested in any brand/model with a HCESAR keyboard layout. A collector-at-heart--I have long collected West Indian fiction (40 years) and Haitian art (30 years)--I am old enough to have owned and used typewriters back in the pre-PC days.


1954
Hermes
Baby

Serial #5403172

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1969
Hermes
Rocket

Serial #9135071

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1969
Hermes
3000

Serial #3560421

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1968
Adler
Tippa S

Serial #4966511

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1949
Hermes
Baby

Serial #5137503

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1972
Hermes
3000

Serial #7172489

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