by Richard Polt | Apr 6, 2025 | Noiseless, Remington, safari
Well, it wasn’t the happiest 24 hours in this collector’s life. But at least I didn’t spend any money! On eBay yesterday, someone (one of you?)* outbid me for a unique item that would have been a real gem for my collection: a prototype Remington...
by Richard Polt | Jan 22, 2023 | Noiseless
I have a lovely example of a Noiseless Portable, which came to me from the estate of Australian collector Emeric Somlo nine years ago. This little three-bank machine was made in 1924 by the Noiseless Typewriter Company, shortly before it was absorbed by Remington....
by Richard Polt | Oct 25, 2020 | Noiseless, Remington
New rubber on the back feed rollers:The front feed rollers were recovered with several layers of shrink tubing:The felt pads on the feet make the typewriter grip the rough surface of my typing pad very firmly.1: escapement trip adjustment screw and...
by Richard Polt | Oct 22, 2020 | Noiseless, Remington
Can you find something very unusual about this “1941 Line” Deluxe Noiseless Portable?This typewriter belongs to a customer of Urban Legend Typewriters. #N1118385 was made in August, 1940.The backspace and margin release are up above the rest of the...
by Richard Polt | Dec 19, 2015 | correspondence, Insurgency, Noiseless, Remington
I was happy to find this missive in my mail today, but it turned out that it wasn’t addressed to me …
