Wednesday, October 28, 2015
The best Goodwill find ever!
I bought this 1927 Royal Portable at Goodwill on Labor Day. Since then, I cleaned and oiled it and installed a new ribbon, a new drawband and new rubber, It works like it did when it was new! It was definitely a bargain at $12.99!
This typewriter was originally sold by E.W. Hall--notice that the phone number (ELliott 5447) is only 6 digits! E.W. Hall was the regional disributor for Corona portables (the reason that these labels are almost always on the back of non-Coronas) In 1938, Hall's moved to 1111 2nd Avenue, but kept the phone number. 911 2nd Avenue is now the site of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building.
Hello there!
ReplyDeleteI just bought my daughter a Royal Aristocrat 1940. She can't get the paper to advance when pushing the space bar. Would you maybe tell me where I can access the manual or any info on this?
Richard Polt has a great selection of instructions. Do you mean that there is no horizontal movement, or that the paper doesn't advance? If the manuals don't help, he also has a repair shop directory
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