Due to the large amount of new information I am finding about mid-century Royals, Smith-Coronas and other portables, I am starting over. My ...

My analysis of Elusive Butterfly (1965) (the long one is creepier) You might wake up some mornin' To the sound of something moving pa...

This is my favorite portable typewriter. Manufactured in Portugal, this is one of the last full-sized Royal Portable typewriters. Note the ...

I promise not to use my blog too much to try to sell pens, but I am really proud of this ad.

The Office, 11/1963 162-163 Atlas Deluxe portable typewriter (November, 1963) The Office, 3/1963 227-228 Brother 880 (zipper case) The O...

What do you do with the body of a 1960s Olympia SF with a trashed mechanism, and the mechanism of a 1970s SF with beat-up body panels? The ...

Originally appeared on this blog on 1/18/2013 The story of the Royal Mercury began in Tokyo, Japan in 1965. A knitting-machine company, call...