1923 Remington Portable #1

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Remington Gets Into the Portable Market

The 1923 Remington Portable #1 uses a 4-row, Qwerty, 42-key, downstrike impact mechanism.

The first Remington Portable was introduced in 1920. It was the first of a series of portables that included "pop up" type bars which, for portability, needed to be raised to a working position before typing.

The keys were raised into position by pulling out the knob on the right side of the machine and moving it up and back in the curved slot. Look for the lever and the raised key levers in the related photos.

This portable typewriter has no right-hand carriage release, just one on the left side. There is just one platen knob, on the right side of the platen. It also has a flat, not curved, paper table.

The machine uses a manual ribbon-reverse button on both the right and left sides of the frame. It also has both right- and left-hand shift keys.

The typewriter printing point is positioned directly down on top of the platen. The ribbon spools are locked into place with a catch attached to the axle.

The machine is bolted to the bottom of the case. The case is original and useable, if somewhat worn.

The "Remington portable" decal is partially missing on the top right of the frame cover (removed in some of the photos) but the decals are still detectable. Likewise, the “To save time…” slogan and decal on the left side of the frame cover is not readable but detectable.

A decal on the lower back of the machine indicates this typewriter has been reconditioned.

This typewriter needs careful cleaning but is still quite operable.

For more information on this and other machines, I recommend the “Classic Typewriter Page” at https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/.
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Overall condition: Good
Year: 1923
Serial No.: NC34166
Type language: English
Manufactured by the Remington Typewriter Company, Ilion, New York, USA