1949 Remington Rand Portable

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“All-New” 1940’s Modern Design

In the heyday of then-modern typewriter design, this Remington Rand was called the “All New” Remington Portable.

The machine is “enclosed” by its frame, possibly indicating an attempt at “noiseless” typing, although there is no noise absorbing padding inside the body of the frame.

This typewriter includes most of the well-loved Remington bells and whistles including shift and shift lock keys, backspace key, margin release key, three-position ribbon position selector, 1- and 2-line space selector, ribbon reverse lever as well as manually set right and left margin selectors.

I have been unable to figure out the meaning of the “1,” “2” and “3” number markings on the right side of the frame next to the keyboard. My initial assumption was that it was to mark the position of a typing touch selector, but I can find no indication of such a lever ever having been in place.

The heavily scratched front edge of the machine frame in front of the spacebar clearly shows that the typist’s fingernails have worn away the paint. Interestingly, all of the photos I could find in my research of this model show similar wear.

The original case is included and in excellent condition.
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The 1949 Remington Rand Portable uses a 4-row, Qwerty, 42-key, frontstrike impact mechanism.
Overall condition: Good
Year: 1949
Serial No.: A 1970809
Type language: English
Manufactured by the Remington Typewriter Company, Ilion, New York, USA