MY COLLECTION
My collection is now over 110 typewriters, from the late 1800s through the early 1930s.

And to answer a few questions:

 
  • Yes, they take up a lot of space
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  • Yes, some are REALLY heavy
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  • Yes, a lot of 'em are stored in the garage.
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  • No, many of them don't work.
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  • Yes, many of them do work.
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  • Yes, I am trying to repair others.
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  • No, I won't be able to repair all of them.
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  • No, some never will work.
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  • No, I don't do complete restoration or totally rebuild machines. I  believe old, well-used machines should look like old, well-used machines. Only cleaner.
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  • Yes, I do use some of them. I even keep one at the office to use for memos and such. It irritates the younger reporters, who prefer the silence of computer keyboards, which makes it worth it.
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    Here are a few of the typewriters in my collection:

     

    Blickensderfer No. 7

    Corona No. 3 (3)

    American

    Remington Portable (2)

    Royal No. 5 'Flatbed'

    Odell No. 2

    Oliver Nos. 3 & 5

    Oliver Nos. 7 & 9 (3)

    Pittsburg-Visible
    No.10

    Varityper

    Underwood
    Nos. 3, 5 (3) & 11

    Sun Standard No. 2

    Hammond Multiplex

    Blickensderfer No. 6 'Featherweight'

    Caligraph No. 2

    Also
    Others in my collection include:

     
  • Molle No. 3
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  • Blickensderfer No. 5 (QWERTY)
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  • Blickensderfer No. 6
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  • Odell No. 2
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  • Imperial (portable frontstrike)
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  • Elliott -Fisher book writer
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  • Remington No. 6 upstrike
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  • Sun Standard
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  • Remington No. 7 Noiseless portable
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  • Smith Premier No. 2 (2)
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  • Caligraph No. 2
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  • 2 other Remington portables
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  • L.C. Smith & Bros. No. 2 (2)
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  • L.C. Smith & Corona 8 upright (2)
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  • Underwood 77 Noiseless portable
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  • Royal No. 10
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  • 3 Royal Portables
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  • 3 other Underwood portables
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  • Mercedes (German)
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  • Red Corona No. 4
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  • Royal Arrow (my first 'old' machine)
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  • Burroughs Frontstrike
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  • 3 or 4 other Corona No. 4 portables
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  • 3 other Corona portables
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  • Bing No. 2
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  • Woodstock (3)
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  • Remington Noiseless 8
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  • Hammond No. 2 Straight
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  • Porto-Rite portable
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  • Blickensderfer No. 5 (dhiatensor)
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  • L.C. Smith & Bros. No. 7
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  • Burgundy Corona No. 4
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  • Monarch Visible No. 2 and No. 3
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  • Pittsburg Visible No. 10
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  • Underwood 3-bank portable (2)
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  • Remington Noiseless Model Seven (portable)
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  • The Fox No. 24
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  • RemingtonNo. 10 (3)
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  • Remie Scout
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  • Blue Corona No. 4 (German)
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  • Empire (Canadian)
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  • Hammond No. 12
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  • American Index
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  • National No. 5
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  • Remington Quiet Model 1
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  • Hammond Folding Multiplex
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  • Remington Noiseless No. 6 (2)
    		•  And half a garage full of other 'less interesting' machines

    Darn. That's a LOT of typewriters, ain't it?

    Updated 12.21.03
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