tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post8117739220111721056..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: The First Royal Portable Typewriter: 90 Years Ago TodayRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-86617195159998909432018-12-12T23:27:41.781+11:002018-12-12T23:27:41.781+11:00Hi Robert,
Thankyou for the history lesson on the ...Hi Robert,<br />Thankyou for the history lesson on the Royal P and especially the photographs which led me to your blog. I believe I have an early model Royal P. Im contacting you in hopes you can help with the history and possible restoration. Im not interested in selling the typewriter it will be my nephews graduation gift Spring of 19 from law school. It's my hope he keeps it the family. Researching this Royal P has been an interesting experience . Before finding your blog I hit a dead end at North Texas State University where they have an area or books devoted to The Cox Typewriter Exchange of Abilene Texas where this typewriter once spent time. Your photo was the first I found that matched the Royal P in my posession. Im positive it matches due to what looks to be cork or in my opinion sound deadening material just under the space bar. What seperates this Typewriter is the bottom is green and the top red. Its an exact match to the red and green Typewriters in your blog. Originally I thought it had to be two typewriters put together and may very well be. The only problem with my theory is I took the Royal P to our local expert and he said it was one typewriter and in forty years of buying and selling he has never seen one like this. <br />I have the serial # several pictures and proof it was once in Abilene Texas. Hopefully this post is considered relevent to the blog and either Robert or someone reading this post has knowledge of a Typewriter simaler to this one.<br /><br />Thanks <br />Mike<br />renoglasstechs@gmail.comrenoglasstechs@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600565858038811621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-77164702872789468682013-09-23T13:33:17.736+10:002013-09-23T13:33:17.736+10:00My maternal grandfather was George Ed Smith's ...My maternal grandfather was George Ed Smith's nephew. Since George Ed Smith was friends with F. Scott Fitzgerald, he was at George's estate quite often (present at the nearly constant parties there). That's where my grandfather met F. Scott and his wife, back in about 1923. Boy, did my grandfather have stories to tell about all of that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-6448400204190981492012-06-08T09:12:00.885+10:002012-06-08T09:12:00.885+10:00Thank you Rob, Trent, Ken and Cameron.
Rob, also a...Thank you Rob, Trent, Ken and Cameron.<br />Rob, also a thanks for the tip-off about the Facit.<br />Cameron, that's an excellent observation. Hess and Myers do emphasise in their patent that they want to "embody in the new machine as many as possible of the valuable and thoroughly tested features of the Royal typewriting machine [ie 10], making such alterations as to adapt them to a portable machine".<br />By the way, did you ever get my email about your Underwood?<br />Trent, excellent words.<br />Ken, I'm relieved you saw the light side of taking typewriters on honeymoons!Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-67461661498667707742012-06-08T02:18:34.034+10:002012-06-08T02:18:34.034+10:00Fascinating history & post. I am struck by the...Fascinating history & post. I am struck by the similarities in design between these Royal portables and the larger Model 10; same sort of lines surrounding the ribbon spools.Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633967390492270136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-89279212188092151942012-06-07T11:23:11.474+10:002012-06-07T11:23:11.474+10:00Awesome and very informative article. Gives me a w...Awesome and very informative article. Gives me a whole new respect for Royal Portables. Can you imagine watching typewriters fall from the sky? Must have been an amazing thing to see, let alone seeing them function properly directly afterwards.L Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585495720234064210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-14894790496307371782012-06-07T10:28:56.905+10:002012-06-07T10:28:56.905+10:00your informative posts are really wonderful. imag...your informative posts are really wonderful. imagine a computer lasting "from kindergarten through college." <br /><br />my royal portables (favorite is the 1935 deluxe) are practically eternal, rivaling the great monuments created many millennia before. <br /><br />i'll see your pyramid and raise you a remington model 1.Trent Rekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01551403321514096483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-9220384035142480682012-06-07T10:08:14.932+10:002012-06-07T10:08:14.932+10:00Mr Smith's antics almost make you think the ty...Mr Smith's antics almost make you think the typewriter was incidental to the marketing genius. But we still love those colours! Thanks for the enlightening rundown.Rob Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.com