Remington rand model 1 serial numbers

Mar Discontinued 10 "L". Serial number range: 50, to 59, Apr longer writing line. Serial number range: 60, to 69, Jan Elec. Serial number range: 70, to 79, Sept 4, switched serial number consisting of one letter prefix "Z" followed by six numerals, first number Z, Dec 17, adopted all letter serial "ZPP". Jan 04, Again adopted serial number consisting of one letter prefix "Z" followed by 6 numerals. Model 16 released for sale Nov 1, Starting now, all over Z, when rebuilt, will carry original serials followed by suffix "J", "U", etc.

A few new 12's may have been made after Feb , but none sold in the USA unless they may have been Fanfolds. J first on which removable top is standard and Elite 4 adopted as std. Production stopped WW II. Dec Starting with J, Super-Riters are equipped with new style ribbon spring drum drive.

There are two different series: One was assembled from parts, which were imported from the U. Dec 2, Last serial number of this scheme.

Serial number range is now given for each year this system is used as follows: Serial number range for "Code 4": 40, to 49, Serial number range: 10, to 19, Smith Premier 60 begins production in June Serial number range: 30, to 39, Remington name replaces Smith Premier name for domestic use of Remington organization.

Sept 13, switched serial number consisting of one letter prefix "W" followed by six numerals, first number W, Jan 01, Again adopted serial number consisting of one letter prefix "W" followed by 6 numerals. Discontinued 5 in Dec Noiseless Standard production was sold to Remington. Code machines like Model Standard No. On Sep 1, , adopted serial number composed of one letter prefix "X" followed by 6 numerals, first number X, All-letter serial numbers discontinued in January First "Super-Quiet" serial is X July, , about serial X Composition Keys become standard.

Production halted due to WWII Starting this date, all 10's where original serial number is over X when rebuilt, will carry original serial number followed by suffix J, U, etc. Production Resumed. Last machine produced in X at this serial there was an improvement in this model over and above that incorporated at X Speed Stroke begins. T70, Elmira started mfg. TR is the Top Serial, as after that the 11 was rebuilt into the 10 Noiseless and sold as a The original Remington Electric was released in September of , and sold for only 2 or 3 years then discontinued.

A limited quantity of Model L Typewriters were manufactured in First announced May, Models: 1 - Compact model with short carriage, early versions called Model "A" by collectors.

Dropped from production. British assembled machines have 6 figures in serial number. Started Dec, Announced Aug.

Furnished in Pica only with Keyboard four-key number row with split numbers. Apparently, only a single Portable 4 was produced in V in March of Sold by General Shaver Corp. Serial number starts at B1,, - This was the lowest million serial number we [Remington] started with. Sale resumed after the War. These Serial numbers were left out. They were used for the " Remington Portable". Note: there are many BB prefix serial numbers lower than BB, suggesting this is an incomplete list.

Announced in Oct. Serial number started at B "BT" prefix for Tabulator. Sales letter May 13, , announced production discontinued. Manufacture began June, with serial A1,, This model replaces the "Remington Portable without Tabulator", which carried the same "AN" serial prefix. The machine was numbered like the U. In November, , serial number jumps from P59, to P, to skip over the Model 1 Without Tabulator which had been sold in and , and on which serial numbers ran from P up.

Stock shipped to field Sept. Sold by American Writing Machine Co. Beeching, publ. Ernst Martin, Die Schreibmaschine und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte The Typewriter and the history of it's developement , publ. Bruce Beard, Australia note: this reference same as Paul Roberts, Netherlands. Current copy from the collection of Ryk van Dijk, scanned by Marlies Louwes. Liste der Herstellungsdaten deutscher und auslaendischer Schreibmaschinen, 10 Auflage, , publ.

Heinrich Kleyer, Frankfurt. Birchmeier, Aug. Additional copy from the collection of Ryk van Dijk, scanned by Marlies Louwes. Peter Brill, Australia note: this reference same as 6. Munk with the assistance of Mr. Rob Bowker, UK. HS is the marking of High Standard. These magazines are recognized by the G mark on the toe and the spot welded seam up the back of the magazine.

Markings inside the front channel of the frame. Inside of grips. Gun of the Month May Contact Us. Contact Us! Hartford, CT. All rights reserved. It has no backspacer, tabulator, left platen knob, or ribbon color selector. Just a few were made before the model was mysteriously aborted.

Remington records say: "Stock shipped to field Sept. The specimens known to me have serial numbers , , , and Finally, one mystery machine has been found with a Noiseless 7 mechanism and serial number, but a Noiseless Junior shell. A strange and lovely little beast with degree typebars, a three-and-a-half-row keyboard, and minimal parts no backspace key, no shift lock, no margin release key, no tabulator or paragraph key, no two-color ribbon.

Even within this small number of machines, there are variations. Earlier ones come with a paperboard lid, black with silver stripes on the top and sides, marked "Remington" in red across the front see picture, courtesy of John Schag ; there is no latch on the base, which is cloth-covered wood.

Later ones such as the machine pictured on the left come in a standard case all cloth-covered wood with latch. Very early specimens may be marked "Remington 3 Bank," showing the origin of the model designation even though technically, it is a 3. While most 3B's are painted in glossy black paint, they are also found in non-shiny black. For more information, visit this page. This typewriter is mechanically the same as the boxy Model 5 , but its body looks quite different: it is an example of the streamlined industrial design of the later Art Deco, or Art Moderne, period.

In general, typewriter manufacturers didn't go very far in this trend that was taking other office and kitchen appliances by storm. But the 5 is a tasteful, striking example of typewriter streamlining. The shape was probably created by noted designer Oscar Bruno Bach to judge from references in a Time magazine on Bach and his New York Times obituary, provided to me by Ed Neuert.

A company pamphlet says, "The modern attractive lines of this new Remington brings [sic] 20th Century style and grace to the world's most famous portable typewriter Note the big, massive sturdiness of this new Remington Self-starter portable, its graceful lines and glistening finish. An unusual variation has tan or black paint and a color-coded keyboard for teaching touch typing; another unusual paint treatment is dark and light maroon.

Early specimens have the traditional "Remington" decal instead of the Deco lettering shown here. This machine is essentially the same as the later version with a touch regulator and the still later Remington Standard Model 5 and Deluxe Model 5.

The Streamliner of is also quite similar to the streamlined 5. British name variant : Remington Victor S Portable. This is like the streamlined 5 but includes a tabulator and a couple of other refinements, such as both upper and lower ruled tab bars on the rear of the machine. It is marked "Remington Portable Model 5T. The specimen on the left has a German keyboard courtesy of Phil Garr.

The Remington Victor T portable see foreign variants is the same machine with a different serial number range. Remington records include this statement on the T-SS serial number page: "'BT' prefix means foreign model sold to some extent in domestic field December, The Pioneer name was apparently reserved for embarrassingly basic typewriters.

The first type has a sheet-metal body painted in wrinkle paint, and a three-and-a-half-row keyboard that it shares with the Remington 3B , with shift key only on the left.

These machines lack even a carriage return lever -- you have to turn the platen knob and pull the platen by the knob. Mark Adams writes, "The Monarch Pioneer does not have simply the same keyboard as the 3B, but pretty much the same internal workings.

The Monarch Pioneer is a vastly reduced 3B, featurewise. On the 3B, the typebars rest in an elevated position; on the Monarch Pioneer, a lower position.

My guess is that the 3B, despite having fewer features, was not a profitable machine, as it contained an amount of material equivalent to the more expensive models. The Monarch Pioneer is a lighter portable and likely a better design for a budget machine, in terms of materials used.

This rare model is a bulbous office-sized machine that uses the noiseless portable mechanism. This Pioneer has no shift key and types only in sans-serif capital letters; Remington advertising called it a "juvenile portable. Remington records call the Bantam the "model 4," this version of the Pioneer the "4A," and the Cadet the "4B. Note on serial numbers for the Bantam , Cadet and Pioneer 4A : according to Remington records, these three machines were "in same series" but each had a "different letter prefix.

The serial number data in the records are as follows:. This typewriter is essentially a Remington Rand Model 1 without a tabulator. It has the shape of the Remington Rand Model 1, but is finished in wrinkle paint instead of black enamel. Because the serial numbers are shared with the Remington Model 1 , it is impossible to determine how many of each model were made.

Confusingly enough, this "Remington 1" is not at all the same as the true first Remington portable ; and it is subtly different from the Remington Rand Model 1. While the Remington Rand Model 1 has a slightly faceted front, the Remington Model 1 has a smoothly curved front.

It includes a touch regulator. Its keys may be either solid black plastic or black with metal rings. Because the serial numbers are shared with the Premier , it is impossible to determine how many of each model were made. This homely writing machine uses the same geared typebar mechanism as the portable 3 and 5.

Its body is sheet metal painted with gray or black wrinkle paint. Some more cryptic comments from the Remington records: "Serial with CQ means quintuple keyboard; CR first machine with ratchet release lever. European name variant: Smith Premier Primette. Two special versions of the Remette were made for the World's Fair: 1 "World's Fair blue" paint with an orange stripe and the fair's logo in a corner; 2 black paint, no stripe, with the logo.

A Canadian-made machine with a wrinkle-painted body shaped like that of the 3 is labeled Remette on the paper table Junior on the front frame ; its serial number is CCR This variant of the streamlined Model 5 includes a touch regulator on a semicircular dial directly above the keyboard which varies the force with which the typebars strike the platen.

It is normally finished in wrinkle paint, but the unusual specimen at right is marked "U. Navy" and painted in glossy light gray paint. Paul Thekan writes, "These typewriters were used for copying Morse code from radio as well as voice traffic.

The type is upper case only, no lower case, and the 'zero' key has a slash through the zero to denote it is a zero and not the letter O. I have seen a photo of one machine with a considerably higher serial number than the range reported by the company: B marked with a "Model 5" decal on the front frame.

So it is likely that the number produced is higher than reported. British name variant : Smith Premier 5. These machines are difficult to find; I suspect they were all or mostly exported, as was typical for typewriters labeled "Smith Premier. There are two kinds of Smith Premier Junior. Above left is the old style Junior, which looks much like the boxy 5 but lacks a left platen knob, ribbon color selector, and other details VJ, from Brazil, courtesy of Huberto Closs.

To its right is the new style Junior, which looks very similar to the Remette and Deluxe Remette , although it has an adjustable paper guide VJ, with British keyboard, courtesy of Angela Prats. The third machine from the left is VS, courtesy of Carl Raphael. The keyboard on this specimen includes both the dollar sign and the pound sterling sign.

There is a distinctive decal on the left top of the machine, but it is very worn down; Raphael writes, "The size is identical to the old Remington 'To save time is to lengthen life' decal found on the old 1s and 2s, 1" in diameter.

The red outlines appear to be the identical 'spikes' found on those. However, the white circle offset to the right inside indicates something different.

This one has a Spanish keyboard. The main features that set the DeLuxe Remette apart from the Remette are platen knobs on both left and right, a larger carriage return lever, and a larger paper table.

This model still has the bulbous shape of the original streamlined model 5 , but is painted in wrinkle paint and has a full-sized, horizontal carriage return lever rather than a small, upright one.

It lacks several conveniences of fancier models: there is no tabulator or self-starter, no right margin stop or bell, no carriage lock, and no margin release button or lever although you can lift up the rack directly.

There is no scale, but only a red line to indicate the center of the platen. It types in only one color. Remington literature refers to it as the "" model, but almost all were made in Photo courtesy of Phil Garr. This fancier version of the Remington Standard Model 5 includes a touch regulator, so it is much like the model 5 with touch regulator introduced in A tabulator was added in May A correspondent has a prewar DeLuxe Model 5 with serial number B, before the official starting point in the official Remington records see above.

Machines starting with serial number B have a two-tone gray body as shown on the right. This model is almost identical to the earlier DeLuxe Noiseless ; one difference is the one-piece carriage return lever, as opposed to a folding tip on the older carriage return lever. It is sometimes labeled "DeLuxe Noiseless" on the front frame, sometimes labeled "Remington Noiseless Portable" on the paper table, with no apparent difference in the mechanism.

Pictures courtesy of Cuyler Brooks. An oddity is an example with Canadian keyboard labeled "Remington-Noiseless Typewriter" with a hyphen on the front frame. Name variant: Monarch Noiseless Portable. Official records say that serial numbering began with N, but provide the months of production only starting with N July Production may have begun in June.

There is a surprising jump between the start of April and the start of May from N to N Were 22, machines really produced in one month? Up until then, only about typewriters per month were being produced. Possibly a group of serial numbers was skipped for some reason. But I do have a report of a machine numbered N, suggesting that at least typewriters were produced in April -- significantly more than average.