Hunter S.Thompson's Smith-Corona Series 5 Portable Typewriter<br /> by [[Robert Messenger]] oz.Typewriter <br /> accessed on 2026-05-03T11:59:08
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Welcome to the typewriter club, and congratulations on your Royal HH.
Preceded by the Royal KMM and the Royal KMG, the Royal HH was manufactured from 1952 to 1957 when it was replaced by the Royal FP, though it continued to sell well, even on the used market with newspaper advertising until the early 1980s.
Here's a copy of the original manual from 1952: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/royalhh.pdf
The Royal HH was offered in Charcoal Grey smooth, Nile Green smooth, Horizon Blue smooth, Coral Rose, Gray Frieze, Royaltone Dark Gray wrinkle, Royaltone Light Gray wrinkle but far and away, the standard brown with green plastic keys was the most ubiquitous.
Well known users of the Royal HH typewriter included: William F. Buckley, Jr., Charles Bukowski, George Burns, Herb Caen, Truman Capote, Bruce Catton, Patty Chayefsky, Don DeLillo, Alice Denham, James T. Farrell, Paul Fussell, Hugh Hefner, Elia Kazan, Sterling North, Robert B. Parker, Sylvia Plath, Mario Puzo, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and William Zinsser. You can find photos of most of these writers with their machines at https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/typers.html.
The Royal HH has appeared in movies including:
These typewriters were especially appreciated by journalists:
Newsroom at The Masters featuring dozens of Royal HH typewriters.
Spools and Ribbon:<br /> The spools for the standard Royal typewriters (Ten, H, KH, KHM, KMM, KMG, RP, HH, FP, Empress, 440, 660, etc.) have a custom metal mechanism for their auto-reverse. The spools are known as the T1 (which is the same as General Ribbon part # T1-77B , T1-77BR, and Nu-Kote B64.) If winding on universal ribbon onto them, remove the eyelette which isn't needed and may interfere with the auto reverse.
If you're missing the original spools, Ribbons Unlimited carries them: https://www.ribbonsunlimited.com/6N064-Royal-Standard-Electric-Ribbon-64-p/6n064.htm or you might source an original metal pair from a local repair shop.
Duane of Phoenix Typewriter has a video about how to change and spool up your Royal standard.
Collector Sarah Everett can show you most of the functions on her YouTube Channel for Just My Typewriter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Zvc1m-8aI.
Some additional history can be found here: https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2012/11/on-this-day-in-typewriter-history_9.html.
For additional resources on typewriters, collecting, repairing, and using them see: https://boffosocko.com/research/typewriter-collection/.
Happy typing!
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Verlon H. Pridgen Obituary It is with profound sadness and heartbreak that our family announces the passing of Verlon “Bill” Huey Pridgen on October 28th, 2024, at the age of 87 while surrounded by loved ones. Bill was born on February 1, 1937, to Morgan and Annie Pridgen in Samson, Alabama. He moved to Florida when he was young, where he lived out the rest of his life. While in high school in South Florida, Bill met the love of his life, Barbara Pridgen. Bill and Barbara married in 1957 and completed their family with their two children, Marc and Lesli. From 1959 to 1961, Bill proudly served in the United States Army. He was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington and spent time serving in Germany. After retiring from the Army, Bill continued his lifelong career of working on typewriters. He eventually became the owner of McDavid Typewriter Service from 1970 to 2024. His love for all typewriters and his passion for repairing and restoring the machines earned him the endearing title of “Typewriter Genius”. As a devoted follower of Christ, Bill raised his family wrapped up in the love of God. He was an amazing role model and continually showed the love of God to those he encountered through his actions and words. He gave glory to God in all things. Bill was exceptionally committed to his church family at Trinity Baptist Church where he served in the choir and Cubbies. He also volunteered as a coach for their youth sports program. Exemplifying God always, Bill made the world a brighter place for 87 years. Bill is survived by a son, Marc (Donna) Pridgen; a daughter, Lesli (Greg) Wheeler; grandchildren, Ashley (John Robert) Pridgen-Blake, Gregory Wheeler Jr., Samantha (Curtis) Burkhardt, Alison (Garrett) Pridgen, Cindy Pridgen, Hannah Wheeler, Luke Wheeler, and Simon Wheeler; great-grandchildren, Skarlette Blake, Jackson Blake, and Lena Wheeler; and brothers, Donald (Sheila) Pridgen and Jerry (Marion) Pridgen. Bill was a cherished husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. He was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Barbara Pridgen; father, Morgan Pridgen; his mother, Annie Pridgen; and brothers, Gary Pridgen, and Robert Pridgen.Visitation will be held at 10am on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024, followed by the funeral service at 11am at Trinity Baptist Church at 3716 State Rd 21, Keystone Heights, FL, 32656. Interment will follow at Eliam Cemetery at 821 State Rd 21, Melrose, FL, 32666.In lieu of flowers, we ask that you donate to Haven Hospice to help their mission of honoring life by providing comfort, care, and compassion to individuals and families they serve. You can donate online at https://beyourhaven.org/donate or by mail to 4200 NW 90th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606. Cemetery Eliam Cemetery 821 State Road 21 Melrose FL 32666
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TOUR AN OLD TYPEWRITER SHOP<br /> by Vintage & Vinyl
McDavid Typewriter Service (1968-2024) Address: 4304 Plymouth St, Jacksonville, FL 32205 <br /> Phone: (904) 384-3461
Run by Verlon H. "Bill" Pridgen
His family closed the shop on 2024-11-19 following his death in October 2024. (Reference: https://www.facebook.com/Mcdavidtypewriterservice/posts/pfbid0PvC9MTeJ1pGVRCQZJ38DdDCeRHo52zBmQXXrsBHd9NVb4Dvv9QhrNpta8LxXRk9dl)
Verlon H. Pridgen (February 1, 1937 - October 28, 2024) <br /> Obituary: https://www.forestmeadowsfh.com/obituaries/Verlon-H-Pridgen?obId=42124630
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TB Writers Plus sells new plastic handles for Royal Futura 800 and related cases for $35.00 as of 2026-05-02.
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Begun in September 2025 according to https://www.barnwelltypewriter.com/about-barnwell-typewriter
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Gothic Fraktur, but it's hard to find a typewriter that uses it, especially since Adolf Hitler banned its use in the Bormann Decree in 1941, branded them "Jewish letters" and ordered a switch to antiqua types.
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Both have the same serial again. Resellers like this are not doing any favours for the community. Brooksaw: https://www.ebay.com/itm/318227695061 Kyle’sLost&Found: https://www.ebay.com/itm/157839087546
The typewriter community not appreciating Brooksaw Antiques buying a typewriter for $200 and then, upon receipt, posting it for $2,800 as "near mint" without any servicing beyond cleaning the slugs.
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The collector in me says you ought to get a Royal 10 as your 10th machine. But what do I know? I bought a Remington 17 as my 17th and I'm looking forward to the days I'll buy the milestone Remington Ten Forty or the eventual Hermes 3000! 😁
If it helps, at Virtual Hermans 2022, Richard Polt recommended someone justify their continued typewriter collecting to their skeptical wife as an "investment" because typewriters are holding their value well.
I personally don't have a typewriter collecting problem, I have a typewriter ribbon collecting problem that's compounded by need to both store and use them in their original historical context.
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Four stages of typewriter ownership: <br /> Stage 1: Owner<br /> Stage 2: Collector<br /> Stage 3: Horder<br /> Stage 4: Divorce when your significant other is tired of reminding you that you've got too many typewriters.
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The American Writer's Museum in Chicago, IL has John Hughes 1927 Corona 4 typewriter (burgundy).
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An example of the Elite Gothic No. 16 can be found on Reddit which has a "cross" foundry mark with 1, 6, S, empty in the four quadrants from top to bottom and left to right.
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So, I fear the answer is that there is nothing practical to be done, but if anyone has any ideas of how to lighten the dark keytops, I'm all ears. My only thought is the risky move of printing new papers, but I just know I'd get the size and font wrong.But after years of neglect, I think she deserves to feel beautiful again. She's royalty, after all.
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It's definitely doable! The only way to do this is to remove the keyrings (preferably with a keyring pliers, otherwise it's incredibly tedious) and to physically replace the key legends with new ones. Richard Polt has some of the process described here as well as as high resolution scans that you can use to print out keys. https://writingball.blogspot.com/2016/10/legendary.html
Ames Supply Company used to sell keycards for doing this. Some of them had colors including green, so keep this in mind if you try something like creating rainbows across your keyboard or other visual fun. https://typewriterdatabase.com/1960-Ames_Gen_Cat_10-March.misc-supplies.manual
Our friend Lucas Dul of Chicago Typewriter has a great YouTube video of the tool and some of the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYHrBjfQxpM
As a fun example, Heiko Stolten recently did this on a Remington using custom made legends that use the font from the Netflix series Wednesday: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TypewriterCollectors/posts/10163537426144678/ If you ask nicely, they've got the original files if you need them for printing out .
Good luck!
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reply to u/coffeetoffee92 at https://reddit.com/r/ClassicalEducation/comments/1sxcw5m/well_trained_mind_ancient_history_facts_for/<br /> RE: rote memorization of historical dates
I've not read Bauer, but I'll suspect that she doesn't teach "serious" rhetoric, much less the fourth canon: memory. She's likely relying on the post-Ramus (15th Century) method of rote memorization rather than the methods used from ancient Greece through Augustine, Aquinas, and Llull.
I'd start with some mnemonic methods like the method of loci or the Major System to make it much easier for the kid to begin scaffolding memory techniques and make it easier for them to memorize those facts you're talking about.
For the memory piece, I'd start first with one of the most wide-ranging:
Kelly, Lynne. 2019. Memory Craft: Improve Your Memory Using the Most Powerful Methods from around the World. Pegasus Books.
Many of the older classics on memory also include long lists of historically important dates to use. Grey is a good example:
Grey, Richard (1694-1771). 1799. Memoria Technica, or, A New Method of Artificial Memory. W. Lowndes. https://archive.org/details/memoriatechnica03greygoog/page/n2/mode/2up.
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Some will suggest color coding, but I've never understood it as it limits you to about a dozen topics and it presupposes that you'll be interested in those same topics for decades to the exclusion of others. It wholly lacks flexibility.
I use a card index much like H. Ross Ashby. Start with index cards labeled A-Z, then add topics as you encounter them and add a volume number and page number.
Thus:
C<br /> commonplace books: 1-3, 1-88, 4-67 (see also 'Locke, John')<br /> crickets: 2-45<br /> caviar: 3-22, 3-25 (see also 'eggs')
When you've got a handful of cards for each letter it can be useful to separate things out (a la John Locke) as "CA", "CE", "CI", "CO", "CU" and re-alphabetize to make finding things easier and quicker. At this point it can also be helpful to add tabbed dividers to find the "C" section more quickly. Eventually you may have a single card (or three) with an individual heading for topics you write about frequently. (Naturally you could do a single card for each topic as you start, but it often makes the search process take longer and you'll probably have a lot of lonely, unused cards. It also tends to stifle serendipity and creativity because you're not scanning through your topics as thoroughly or frequently.)
I tend to write index words either in the margins of my commonplace or underline them with a red pencil within the text to make finding things on the page easier upon later search.
You can start small with a recipe card box and eventually move your way up to something more industrial as you need it. There are also lots of options in between.
Indexing can be an art and was also a great science (before Google made everyone lazy), so there are some useful handbooks on the topic below:
- Various. 1951. Progressive Indexing and Filing. 5th ed. New York, NY: Remington Rand Inc. http://archive.org/details/progressiveindex0000varo.
- Kaiser, Julius Otto. 1908. Card System at the Office. London: Vacher and Sons. http://archive.org/details/cardsystematoffi00kaisrich.
- Cadwallader, Laura Hanes, and Sarah Ada Rice. 1932. Principles of Indexing and Filing. Baltimore; Chicago: H.M. Rowe Company.
- Kahn, Gilbert, and C. Theo Yerian. 1955. Progressive Filing. New York: Gregg Pub. Division, McGraw-Hill. http://archive.org/details/progressivefilin00kahn.
- Locke, John (1632-1704). 1706. A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books. London. https://archive.org/details/gu_newmethodmaki00lock/mode/2up.
Other related ideas: https://boffosocko.com/research/zettelkasten-commonplace-books-and-note-taking-collection
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Ames Supply Company apparently sold replacement green colored key legends for replacing the originals if necessary.
This Royal 10 has some as an example.
For those curious about some of the history behind these, check out: <br /> - https://typewriterdatabase.com/1960-Ames_Gen_Cat_10-March.misc-supplies.manual <br /> - https://writingball.blogspot.com/2016/10/legendary.html
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Refreshing dry ribbons:Take a little bottle, fill it with refreshing solution.The violet little thing is a piece of sponge covered by a tissue of textile.So the refreshing solution flows gently through the mouthing of the bottle onto the ribbon.Refreshing solution:- 3 parts pure rubbing alcohol - 1 part castor oil- when needed add oil based stamp ink to darken the ribbon
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Small bottle used as applicator with a sponge inserted on the top covered by a small square of cloth which is rubberbanded on. This is then applied slowly to the typewriter ribbon on a winder.
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Belt Replacement on Smith Corona Electric Typewriter
Not original v-belts, but o-rings are a reasonable facsimile.
See other notes for original v-belts.
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Baco, Charlene emailed me back and told me that she’s no longer a purveyor of silk ribbon
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Baco (Charlene) doesn't do silk typewriter ribbon anymore.
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Yamamoto Paper Writing Pads: Tomoegawa Tomoe River vs. Sanzen Tomoe River S<br /> by The Well Appointed Desk<br /> accessed on 2026-04-28T09:51:08
Comparison of paper from the No. 7 machine, the No. 9 machine at Tomoegawa and the newer Sanzen S method.
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Current offerings/pricing (subject to change): 660 yards (full reel) of nylon ribbon in black or black/red for $65 330 yards (half reel) of nylon ribbon in black or black/red for $45 550 yards of silk ribbon in black or black/red for $220 295 yards of cotton in black or black/red for $75
Silk vs Nylon vs Cotton typewriter ribbon:<br /> Nylon is 0.10 per yard<br /> Silk is 0.40 per yard Cotton is 0.25 per yard
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Saving for the commentary on the Brooksaw Antiques platen recovery using 3-D printing.
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Colloquial suggestion that Olympia SM7s have a wider variety of typefaces...
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Double check these numbers before using, but...
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How do you do your numbering system? I had seven categories that I put 1000 to 7000 and split down from there. But now, in my electronic version I'm not worrying about numbering. I actually thought about writing a script that would have a number and then front and back of the cards and then the typing would be just like on a replica of an index card.
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People think the numbering system was the "key" to it, but really it's mostly having a consistent filing method so that when you need something you know roughly where to look. Thus filing by a keyword is just as useful.
Though for those who use numbers, I find that mathematically any numbering system that provides mathematical density and some semblance of order will get you what you need. Because of their ease-of-use and ubiquity, real numbers are sufficient. See also: https://boffosocko.com/2022/10/27/thoughts-on-zettelkasten-numbering-systems/
Needing to put a number on a note and being forced to file it near something else helps to provide some links and structure which creates "neighborhoods" of ideas such that when you need something, pulling out a tranche of notes will give you "something" (hopefully) useful.
Within the digital realm, one can often get away without numbering as long as there is some tagging, linking, or other method of strong search so that you can actually find anything. That being said, the usefulness of numbering in analog still carries over to the digital.
If you're curious about the science of filing, I recommend some of the older texts like:<br /> - Duffield, David Walter, and various other unattributed authors. 1951. Progressive Indexing and Filing. 5th ed. New York, NY: Remington Rand Inc. http://archive.org/details/progressiveindex0000varo (September 27, 2023). - Kahn, Gilbert, and C. Theo Yerian. 1955. Progressive Filing. New York: Gregg Pub. Division, McGraw-Hill. http://archive.org/details/progressivefilin00kahn (September 27, 2023).
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I find when I'm with a client, or even a doctor seeing me for one of my medical issues, or just asking somebody for advice, they never flinch if I pull out an index card or two. But if I pull out a notebook it puts up a wall. Sometimes getting off the phone is okay, but most people keep their defenses down with just index cards. And I'm not writing down anything to put them on the spot, but sometimes I just need to jot some things down. And the index card doesn't make it look like this big open thing that I'm going to write down everything they say if there's a beginning middle and end to it.
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Each letter I type releases a thunderous CLICK and then another and it’s a CLACK. I’ve become addicted to the sound. I can’t sleep. I’m up all night exercising my new found celestial harp
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The growing interest in fiber arts is part of the granny-core trend, the movement of younger generations adopting analog hobbies as a way to spend less time in digital spaces.
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I got one of these quiet models after using a pancake for years. Absolutely life changing. I know they make smaller tank models, but you'd be surprised how fast the air goes on a blowout attachment. (Amazon has some cheaper 1 gal ones that appear to have great reviews) The old pancake I used before this was small, and ran NON STOP at like 100+ db. Shoo
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Bill Buckley's Royal HH from the National Review.
Almost hilarious that a gloved assistant brings it out and then removes it once they're done discussing it. Something so effete-ist about this that would be befitting Buckley himself.
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I've been doing this for many years and there are only a tiny few of us, beyond professional document examiners, who might care enough to delve into these questions.
A few things to consider:
You're more likely to find solid advice from typeface historians than you are SCM historians. You're also likely to find better advice on this topic in the more specialized fora like https://typewriter.boardhost.com/ or the typewriter discord https://discord.gg/UzaREHJnX
You're better off using the exemplars from the catalogs (several .pdfs in the TWdb when you're logged in, or on munk.org in scanned photo format). The photos and identifications in the individual galleries of the database are USER IDENTIFIED and aren't always the most consistent as a result. Knowing some of the bigger, more knowledgeable collectors on the database and who knows what best or who has studied areas the most is incredibly helpful here. (Several of your examples are via James Grooms, who is a significant collector and generally does solid identifications, provides photos of slugs and foundry marks, but still often asks for confirmations of typeface identifications in the various fora.)
The foundry marks on the numerals for most machines are very often are different from those of the alphabet so you may find that particular machines used something like Pica No. 1 for the letters but something different, but potentially close for the numbers.
The slugs and designs for the number one are often the least reliable over time as it was often left off of machines entirely until the 60s or 70s. Even when a foundry specifically designed this numeral, many manufacturers left it off their machines though they often put an exemplar for it into their catalogs. Thus when you compare, you may be comparing the lowercase letter "L" in exemplars for individual machines. In particular, I've seen examples recently for Royal who had the number 1 in their catalogs, but almost never had a key on the machine for it and either relied on the user using the "L" or in cases of double gothic faces the letter "I", and as a result, you'll never find an exact "match" between the two.
An exact determination is highly unlikely to change the value of your particular machine in the slightest.
It would be nice if the Typewriter Database encouraged people to upload photos of their slugs and foundry marks specifically and had data fields for identifying the typefaces as well as fields for which sources they used to provide those identifications.
The level of resources and knowledge in this area means that it's incumbent on you to do your own research and come to your own conclusions based on what is broadly available in terms of original catalogs and exemplars in the wild. This being said, the only way the state of the art changes is for people who do this sort of research to publish it with their lines of reasoning on their own websites, here on Reddit, or other typewriter related fora.
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Original at $240: https://www.ebay.com/itm/336526639070 <br /> Relisted with modest service at $3,000: https://www.ebay.com/itm/318179612134
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1938 Corona Zephyr Typewriter Service Adjustment Methods<br /> by [[Ted Munk]]<br /> accessed on 2026-04-21T11:16:31
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The Typewriter Revolution blog: Guest post: Disassembling a Smith-Corona Zephyr<br /> by [[Garrett Lai]] on Richard Polt's site <br /> accessed on 2026-04-21T11:13:26
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In the hopes of helping those seeking to remove the body/shell/jacket* of a Corona Zephyr (1938, in this case), I've created a step-by-step process based on my recent experience. (\The user manual from the 1930s refers to the machine's body as a "jacket.")* The steps are: Remove the two screws underneath the keys at the front of the machine (holding the typewriter to the base of the body. 2, 3, 4. ON EACH SIDE, remove the screws at positions #2 & #3 and the lug nut at position #4. Don't remove the screw at position #4 as it's not necessary & will be difficult to set back in place. Remove the back lower panel of the body to reveal the screws at position #5. Remove the screws at position #5 from EACH SIDE of the machine. Using a thin piece of cardboard (I used the cardstock from a cereal box) or a stack of a few pieces of paper, depress the top row of keys so that they'll slide under the body as you slide it forward. Slide the body forward, slightly lifting the back end to help guide it out. Work slowly & gently, keeping an eye on the keys to ensure that they are not getting caught on the body & that nothing is getting crushed, scraped, or scratched as you work. Continue gently & carefully sliding the machine out of its body. A view of the body without the typewriter within. Note that it is a single piece and the top & bottom do NOT separate. Good luck! ALSO: this guest post from Garrett Lai on Richard Polt's Typewriter Revolution site has a good approach for aiding in the sliding of the typewriting in & out of the body by making some plastic skids to avoid scraping/scratching during movement: https://writingball.blogspot.com/2020/06/guest-post-disassembling-smith-corona.html If you want to get any Corona Zephyr servicing details from the source, be sure to see Theodore Munk's post which includes his insights along with a copy of the original "1938 Corona Zephyr Typewriter Service Adjustment Methods" manual: https://typecast.munk.org/2023/02/11/1938-corona-zephyr-typewriter-service-adjustment-methods/
Details for removing the jacket of a Corona Zephyr.
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At 24:47 in this Type Pals video Joe Van Cleave talks about the ribbon cartridges for the Coronamatic typewriter and how they work.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.: Royal HH, Olivetti Lettera 32
At 1:13:45 into the documentary Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (Magnolia Pictures, 2015), William F. Buckley is pictured using what appears to be a Hermes 3000 typewriter.
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It will happen to you more quickly as you thumb through your notes or search through them for things you know you want. Along the way you'll discover you find things you need, but didn't know you needed. You'll see things you know you wrote or put into the box, but forgot long ago but realize you can use right now. Searching regularly increases the level of the conversation as well as the chances for serendipity.
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Royal Canterbury pica - PC<br /> Royal Semi-Gothic pica - P SG
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Why Index Cards Are Still The Most Powerful Productivity Tool<br /> by [[Sevetech]] aka [[Seve Tessarin]] accessed on 2026-04-18T21:10:50
Not sure I see the value of putting index cards into notebook form? How is it different from "just a notebook"?
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Fortunately the attachment point on both the mainspring barrel and the carriage were conducive to a single strand of telephone wire (core) which is a trick I learned from getting a machine fixed at a local shop many years ago.
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Use of telephone wire to replace a drawband on a Remington noiseless.
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Sarah treated the internal felt of her typewriter by spraying it down with white distilled vinegar. This kills any living molds, etc. Vodka is also good for removing scents on typewriters (and vintage bags).
The variable line spacer is inside the platen of a Hermes 3000.
The carriage of the H3K comes off with the removal of two bolts.
For rust removal Sarah starts with a wire brush then does PB Blaster for more.
Replace rusted springs.
Fingernail polish for a H3K:<br /> - Sally Hansen Insta-Dry line "Time is Money" (discontinued?) - Expressie Essie quick dry "In the Modem" (closest in her opinion) - Sinful Colors Eucalypta - Blank Beauty (color match to Hermes Ambassador) - Orly (meh, too green)
The case doesn't remove intuitively.
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Platen repair experiment… This platen on a Royal Arrow was badly cracked with large chunks missing. So, having nothing to lose, I took some black Flexseal paste and filled it in like spackle. Of course, I applied way too much and ended up sanding most of it off before applying 240 grit sand paper to the entire platen via my drill. It’s smooth to the touch, not perfect, but passed the typing test with all letters clear and neat.
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JHoff Art painting the plastic key caps on a typewriter keyboard and repainting them with letter-based corporate logos.
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But I want AI to cure cancer. I want AI to cure AIDS. I want AI to cure COVID. I want AI for science, and I'm all for it, if that works.
John Waters is interested in AI for use in science.
This seems to track with Harari's perspective that self-correcting systems have more value.
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What’s more intriguing to me, is to go to that edge where you can't walk and have both sides laugh with you, and at themself first, and then that's change. That's the only way we're gonna solve this. That's the only way we're gonna bring the country together. And maybe we should have sex with each other. Maybe every Proud Boy should have sex with antifa.
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These Writing Devices Changed How I Write (7 Tested)<br /> by BYOK
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Herbert Gross' complex variables course is a delight to follow even for those already familiar with the material https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD971E94905A70448
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There's an amazing and very large list of Open University courses by T. K. Finchley here https://tkfinchley.com/ou-maths-courses/. I particular recommend their course OU M335/M386/M435 Metric and Topological Spaces and Geometric Topology. Just wonderful pedagogy
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no typewriters at this factory closing in 1996...
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“Raffaella della Olga: Typescripts,” the artist’s first solo museum show brings together her artist’s books, mesmerizing typed paintings, and striking cut-fabric works. Her work is accompanied by rare and artist’s books from the Clark library, spanning the late nineteenth century to the present, which reflect the typewriter’s still-vivid potential as a creative tool. “Raffaella della Olga: Typescripts” is open through May 31, 2026.
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The advice in your last picture is spot on. I have had success with #0000 steel wool and metal polish in particular.
Advice for polishing and cleaning up nickel plating
via Erik Bruchez https://www.facebook.com/groups/705152958470148/posts/1230905545894884/
Others recommend penetrating oil or WD-40 in combination with 0000 steel wool which should be enough to remove corrosion, but not damage the nickel plating.
I've also seen Marty Morren suggest 0000 inside Dremel tools for dealing with nickel plated key rings.
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Caring for the Holiday Case. This was a straightforward cleaning. The case was pretty bad. I scrubbed with soap and water, let dry for a few days, then cleaned metal with steel wool (0000 grade). Inside the movements were lightly lubricated with Marvel mystery oil, including the carrying handle and hinges. The case was polished with Meguiars cleaning wax (maroon tin). Final buff with mircrofiber.
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The spring latches, handle, gray bookcloth and specialty screws came from Amazon. $40 for all. The rest of the hardware is original - I just cleaned it with CLR and steel wool. The black leatherette is Skivertex Ubonga, applied with contact cement after sanding and priming.
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Royal Pica Italic typeface example with P1 as a foundry mark on the slugs.
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In 9 to 5, Dora Lee seems to be using a Royal (Triumph-Adler) SE1000CD typewriter.
See also trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qni6HOyPNBA
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Unfortunately ribbon carts for these (Olivetti Lexicart) is almost impossibe to find.
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“Century of the Typewriter” has illustrations of nearly 200 keyboard latyouts used by Olympia.
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reply to u/Greydusk1324 about the difference in Royal Standard typewriters at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1skmfum/comparing_royal_standard_desk_machines/
I'm (sorry?) to report that the internals of the Royal standard typewriters including the Ten, H, KH, KHM, KMM, KMG, RP, HH, FP, Empress, 440, 660, etc. are all incredibly similar if not exactly the same over several decades. The biggest change is probably the introduction of Magic Margins with the KMM. The margin release button also moved down to the keyboard around this time as well.
Most of the rest are smaller, subtle differences in how the ribbon reverse mechanism is done or things like keytops changing from glass and acetate to plastic, the threading design of the ribbon vibrator, as well as the external design and some of the other small fit and finish. Some of the much later models allow one to remove the entire chassis from the body of the typewriter to make cleaning and servicing easier.
There are certainly differences in type-feel and "weight" in the changes in the keytops, but broadly they're all mostly the same machine. The biggest differences between them all (for me) tend to be how well they've been maintained and/or been cleaned and adjusted. One seriously well adjusted Royal is better than any 20 other random Royal standards you might pick up for a fraction of the price. Of course, if you're doing your own wrenching work, then once you've learned one machine well, the rest are a breeze to work on and bring up to snuff.
If you think there's a huge difference between your KMM and KMG (which are probably the two closest models), then perhaps it's worth it to try some others? The biggest difference may be the FP which has chunkier key caps that have more effect on the "feel". The HH and many of the other later models have thinner key tops. The Ten is probably the most different from the rest. The H, KH, KHM are what I would call "experimental" models moving toward the perfection in the KMM and KMG.
Context: I'm an owner of a KHM, 2 KMMs (including a 47+ pound, 18" wide carriage), 2 KMGs, 2 HHs, half a dozen FPs (in all the colors but Willow Green), and a 440. This includes a variety of their standard pica and elites, a Clarion Gothic, and a Pica Double Gothic. Stylistically I love the KMG and the FP, but my KHM has one of the most satisfying "actions" of any of the machines I own.
Of course, all this depends on what sort of collection you're aiming for. I love a good Royal and have a smattering of other makes and models, but I am slowly working toward a completist picture of Royal Standards. I do try to add machines that have a unique typeface or other feature as I add more of them to get some additional depth and breadth to my collection.
If you're a collector with limited space, then pick up the best looking design(s) (for your personal aesthetic) and rest easy that you're not missing too much. You can also pick up new machines to curate for a few years and then move them along to other collectors to enjoy so that your collection is always changing.
You might get some more detail and nuance by watching Joe Van Cleave's YouTube channel where he's done a few dozen videos on Royal standards as well as comparison videos over the past several years.
Good luck on your hunt!
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I've always wanted an Olivetti Valentine and recently purchased one. To my surprise, there is a metal commemorative marker on the back that reads, in English, "Commemorative Edition. 31st Anniversary. 1965-1996. Special Anniversary Edition. 179/250". This was surprising because 1) the Valentine was released in 1969 and 2) production ended in 1975. From the reading I've done online, it seems like production lingered in Mexico, but 1996 seems very late.
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$100 in $2 bills found inside of a Royal KMM.
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June 9–August 7, 2022<br /> Curated by: Francesco Urbano Ragazzi with Anne Hilde Neset
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Professor and poet Kenneth Goldsmith has spent the past 24 years transcribing manuscripts onto ultra-thin onion-skin paper, amassing a total of 750 to date, as part of his ‘Retyping a Library’ project.Find out why he finds digital so passé, via link in bio. DOP: @kalumkoCamera assistant: Rory WagnerInterview: @donnasalekEditor: Daniel FinnSenior creative producer: @valmessersiDigital director: @ellycparsons
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Why in God's name would he choose the worst typewriter on the planet to effect this project?
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Good morning breakfast lovers, good mornin' to ya. We woke up bright and early just to howdy-do-ya.
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He used Chapstick as a heavy grease to hold ball bearings in place to re-insert the carriage and ball bearings into a Royal Arrow.
Sorry you went through this insertion of ball bearings into a Royal in this manner. For the future attempts, there is a re-creation of a custom tool for doing this sort of operation which also includes some repair manual details: https://www.m-morren.nl/product/17071027/royal-bearing-guide-ball-feeder-tool
Lucas Dul also has a video that might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_PONcT8HHI as well as some discussion of using straws at the 21:40 mark in this video: https://virtualhermans.com/lucas-dul
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Today I learnt that the flange nut that holds the carriage lock pawl to the frame of the Olympia SM3 is an eccentric nut, so you can adjust the position of the pawl up or down, forwards or backwards. While I can very much understand why it would need adjusted up or down, so it lines up with the slots in the carriage rail, I could not, at first, figure out why you'd want it adjusted back/forwards. That is, until I put it back together and the little tab where the spring attaches started binding against the frame, jamming the carriage lock in the open position. Hopefully this will help fellow tinkerers who might be tempted to form the tab out, with the risk of damaging the carriage pawl on their machine.
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I've had the same issue after taking mine completely apart. I can see the the a is too high, and the o and p are too low. This will happen the the type guide isn't in the correct position, and on your machine, it looks like it needs to be adjusted to the right, to bring the left side of the kb down, and the right side up. It's a fiddly process, and a small adjustment makes a big difference, so take it slow. Use the q and p keys as they are further apart on the segment. Give it a try and come back here to show the results.
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as a reply to u/Fit_Artichoke_8668 with respect to unaligned letters on a Corona 3 typewriter. The typing line of the lowercase was very wavy (up and down), so not simply a case of on feet or motion.
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Matt Watkins (Ignaciob) on the typewriter database aka u/TC3Guy on Reddit are the same person<br /> via comment at https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1s4vndm/most_collected_typewriters_on_the_typewriter/
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David Kearby (aka D****2 on SGW) purchased this Underwood https://shopgoodwill.com/item/258398206
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So THAT"S what's wrong with it! I knew it!!<br /> by [[Will Davis]] of Davis Typewriter Works <br /> accessed on 2026-03-26T21:08:50
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https://www.caughtlooking.app/<br /> Caught Looking
New app launched opening day 2026-03-25<br /> found via https://www.reddit.com/r/BaseballScorecards/comments/1s3xlvl/i_built_caught_looking_a_live_scorecard_viewer/
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More often than not I just go simple pencil all the way through.
Sometimes I use a Pilot Coleto Hi-tec C multipen with four different colors to make things more interesting and differentiate between types of data, particularly within the boxes so I know what happens from one box to the next, particularly when going back to prior boxes to add in historical information. (I also tend to go with their 0.3mm fine tip ink refills for being able to pack more writing into small boxes!) Sometimes I'll do the starting pitcher and their work in black, and relievers in blue, purple, and orange rotating through to differentiate each pitcher's work to make it easier to keep up with their individual data, especially when I do full pitch counts.
Sometimes I'll take along a Mitsubishi 772 "editor's pencil" that has both red and blue lead to add in some color. Often it's a simple line for pitcher changes or for substitutions across an individual line to distinguish when a sub came into the game.
Sometimes I'll use a typewriter with a bichrome ribbon and switch between black and red ink to help break up some data, or to highlight things like RBIs to make summing things easier in the end. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/BaseballScorecards/comments/1s33f1d/20260324_tampa_bay_rays_vs_atlanta_braves_spring/ which has red lines between pitchers and red "I"s to break up substitutions.
Looking at example cards that get posted here will give you some ideas and pointers. Usually one can puzzle out what the scorer was doing using different colors or highlighters.
A lot of how I score depends on my mood, where I'm watching a game, how much time I want to put into it all, and which tools I have at hand. Experiment. Have fun. Do what works best for you. There's no single "right" way, just the same way there are thousands of different formats in scorecard formats.
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Congratulations and welcome to the club.
For some insane reason, the majority of typewriter collectors like 15-20 pound machines that fit into rectangular cases. This means that the value of fantastic machines like yours which are fully featured, better engineered, and which will last centuries aren't as high. With a solid clean, oil, and repair, this is the sort of machine that can do nearly everything you could want from a typewriter. This is a true writer's machine. I've got about six of these around in various colors as well as typefaces and type sizes.
Yours is a Royal FP made sometime between '57 and '62 and can be more closely dated using the serial number under the hood and comparing with the database.
Historical users of the vaunted Royal FP include the likes of Herb Caen, Peter De Vries, Stephen King, Melissa Ludtke, Frank O'Hara, and Morley Safer. Amongst many other appearances, this typewriter was also used by Sgt. Joe Friday in the TV show Dragnet, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (S5, E2), and was in the opening scenes of Miami Vice when Crockett first meets Lt. Castillo.
Your manual, should you need it: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/RoyalFP.pdf
Joe Van Cleave has a solid video intro and review of it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOnQRBo7YqA.
The spools for the standard Royal typewriters (Ten, H, KH, KHM, KMM, KMG, RP, HH, FP, Empress, 440, 660, etc.) have a custom metal mechanism for their auto-reverse. The spools are known as the T1 (which is the same as General Ribbon part # T1-77B , T1-77BR, and Nu-Kote B64.) If winding on universal ribbon onto them, remove the eyelette which isn't needed and may interfere with the auto reverse. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMDfGkKqbgE If necessary, Ribbons Unlimited carries these spools, but it's much cheaper to just buy 1/2" ribbon on cheap plastic cores or bulk ribbon on cardboard hubs and wind your own on by hand.
More resources: https://boffosocko.com/research/typewriter-collection/
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Mail Time With Aldo<br /> by [[Joe Van Cleave]]
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The white feathers of the swan signify deception; just as the white feathers hide the swan's black skin so does man's deception hide a sinful heart.
With respect to Marie de France's Milun in the Lais of Marie de France, the two lovers hide their love by sending letters hidden in the feathers of the wings of a swan.
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Scharlau, Winfried. 2008. “Who Is Alexander Grothendieck?” Notices of the AMS 55(8): 930–41. https://www.ams.org/notices/200808/tx080800930p.pdf (March 21, 2026).
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Allyn Jackson, “Comme appelé du néant—As ifsummoned from the void: The life of Alexandre Gro-thendieck”, Notices, October 2004 and November 2004.Grothendieck around 1936 in the garden of the Heydorn’shouse in Hamburg-Blankenese.Archive of Winfried Scharlau.
this seems to be more of the sort of biography of Grothendieck that I'd be interested in reading.
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This isn't what I might have expected. It focuses on Grothendieck's early life, a hint of his mathematics, and then his later unravelling and mentions of texts he wrote later in life which sound of a philosophic nature, but in the manner of a crazed person. Curious, but I'm not inclined to go read them.
The author seems hopeful about these works, but doesn't provide any pointers or proof of their importance beyond the fact that they're well written. All his evidence seems to indicate they're more meandering and don't have solid themes or points.
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After afew years of toiling in vain, he must have reachedthe conclusion that mathematicians and scientistsare blind to the dangers threatening human societyand do not think and behave rationally.
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Grothendieck’s main activity with regard tothese goals was the foundation of a group initiallycalled Survivre and later on Survivre et Vivre:SURVIVREMouvement international pour la surviede l’espèce humaineAn international and interprofessionalmovement for the survival of humanity
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Shortly after his official letter of resignation,on June 26, 1970, Grothendieck gave a lecture tohundreds of listeners at the University of Paris inOrsay in which he talked about all that had becomeimportant to him: the spread of nuclear weapons,the arms race, the threat to humanity posed bytechnological progress. He went so far as to callmathematical research dangerous because it ispart of this technological progress. The content ofthis lecture was later circulated in various unof-ficial manuscripts under titles such as “Respon-sabilité du savant dans le monde d’aujourd’hui: Lesavant et l’appareil militaire” (“The Responsibilityof Scientists in Today’s World: The Scientist andthe Military Establishment”).
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he may have believed that hehad passed his peak and that thence-forth he would be able only to repeathimself with less effectiveness.
a problem that haunts many searchers...
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the pernicious view that sets 40as the age when mathematical creativityceases
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Comments in this direction havealso been made by the physicist David Ruelle, acolleague of Grothendieck’s at the IHES: After asuperhuman effort, Grothendieck had to admitthat he would never be able to complete the oeuvrehe had begun. It was as if he had set his mind onbuilding a cathedral with his own hands. When thewalls were two meters high, he had to stop.
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Many scholars (or artists) giveup a project they have started because their cre-ativity and strength dissipate.
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For a while he identified withthe stigmatized Catholic nunMarthe Robin, who claimedto have lived for thirty yearson the Eucharist alone.
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At the 1966 InternationalCongress of Mathematicians, Grothendieck wasawarded the Fields Medal.
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Grothendieck began working on theEléments de Géométrie Algébrique (EGA) and heldthe legendary Séminaire de Géométrie Algébrique(SGA
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This systematic rebuildingpermitted the solution of deep number-theoreticproblems, among them the final step in the proofof the Weil Conjectures by Deligne, the proof ofthe Mordell Conjecture by Faltings, and the solu-tion of Fermat’s Last Problem by Wiles.
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Did you read about the killer who used a typewriter as a weapon? Apparently the shift key was locked so it’s a CAPITAL offense.
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SoCal’s Bunny Museum Receives Gift of Rabbit Sculpture<br /> by [[Anne Doran]]<br /> accessed on 2026-03-21T12:08:12
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Marshall Plan sticker on Royal KMG
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I turned around and placed it with the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA, where the 1958 Steve McQueen sci-fi movie "The Blob" was filmed, as a similar grey 1949 Royal KMG appears in the police-station scenes.
via Mark Schrad at https://typewriterdatabase.com/1949-royal-kmg.15160.typewriter
The Blob (Paramount, 1958)
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