General Information

Serial #

NM 22874

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL TYPEWRITER HAS RUBBERPLATEN; SOME MINOR SYNTHETIC FITTINGS. MOUNTED ON CLOTH-COVERED WOODEN BASE..2 WOODEN CASE LID COVERED IN COATED CLOTH; HAS LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE & METAL HARDWARE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.5 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

11.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

REMINGTON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MODEL TYPEWRITER MFD OCT. 1920-1925. THIS TYPEWRITER MFD FEB. 1922; PRESUMABLY USED 1922+

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO MECHANICALLY PRINT LETTERS, NUMBERS AND SELECTED SYMBOLS ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, RAPIDLY AND UNIFORMLY.

Technical

REMINGTON PORTABLE NO. 1 WERE FIRST TRULY PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS WITH 4-BANK KEYBOARDS: THEY WERE MARKETED AGGRESSIVELY AND WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. 'FOLDING-TYPEBAR' MECHANISM RAISES TYPEBAR TO 45-DEGREE ANGLE (PRINTING POSITION) BY MEANS OF LEVER ON RIGHT SIDE. TYPEBAR MUST BE LOWERED WHEN TYPEWRITER RETURNED TO CASE. (REF. 1

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "Remington/ Portable" stencilled in goldtone print on lower right front of typewriter body. Red 'seal' decal applied to lower left front depicts typewriter and reads "TO SAVE TIME & TO LENGTHEN LIFE/ STANDARD/ REMINGTON/ TYPEWRITER/ TRADE/ MARK REG./ U.S./ PAT./ OFFICE". "Made in U.S.A." stencilled on typewriter body back. Serial number "NM 22874" incised in body back, below platen..2 No markings visible on case lid.

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

.1 BLACK ENAMEL FINISH ON TYPEWRITER BODY; OFF-WHITE KEY FACES MARKED IN BLACK. CASE BASE IS BLACK CLOTH. SOME SILVER COMPONENTS AND MINOR FITTINGS/TRIM..2 BLACK COATED-CLOTH COVERED CASE HAS DARK GREEN INTERIOR. BLACK LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE; SILVER METAL HARDWARE.

Decoration

N/A