In 1938, a new compact portable typewriter was introduced by the L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Company. Called the Zephyr, it was desi...

Here is a table of the serial number ranges for the Sears Tutor portable typewriter. These numbers were provided by Jay Respler of Advance...

From The Seattle Times, September 29, 1938 The typewriter shown is the Deluxe Model O.

It should be noted that the "NRA" mentioned in this ad was the  NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION (Not the National Rifle As...

The largest dealer of Royal Portable Typewriters in Seattle was the University Book Store, at 4326 University Way Northeast. In fact, it sol...

E.W. Hall was Seattle's largest office machine dealer during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1938, Hall's moved from the Burke Building (no...

In 1959 Royal changed the color of their low-priced Royalite from jade green to a modern two-tone gray color scheme. Gone were the flat gre...