The King's Typewriter.

Merry Christmas.

1940 Royal Companion typewriter in front of a traditional Christmas tree. Christbaum mit Christbaumkugeln hinter einer 1940er Royal Companion-Schreibmaschine. This awesome post was brought to you by the mighty Typosphere

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Racing Stripes.

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V. Zurich Typehunt: The "Helvetia".

Zürich, 30. November 2012: V. Zürcher Typehunt.

Bertastrasse - the leaves are gone. No typewriters in the thrift store either.

The Hermes Standard: Probably found a buyer. Only the Royal is left at this shop at Citroën-Garage.

And this is - the ominous Helvetia. I somehow had already assumed that the Helvetia would in fact be a PATRIA.

It was a bit dusty, but one thing I noticed were the glass keys: On my PATRIA (which has a broken mainspring), there is only a metal frame, but a plastic keytop. This one has a paper keytop with glass cover. Also, I think that the embossed brand name is not present on mine either.

Tragic flaw: The carriage return lever must have broken off at some point. Otherwise, it typed well, pretty snappy. But without return lever nor case, I didn't really consider getting it. S/N: 22119 - rather low.

The M44: Still there. The price is clearly too high.

At Salvation Army: No changes either. Both the electric brother and the electric Olivetti Lettera 38C are still there.

*Plus the usual Horde of 6 at Citroën-Garage - I didn't take a photo of them this time.

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AnyIdea...

Quails just love typewriters

Typewriter: Royal Companion, 1941

Quail: Coturnix japonica, 2011

Quails just love typewriterse

Neither typewriter nor quail were harmed during the making of these photos.

Daily Memorandum

Public domain picture.

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HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D.C. DAILY MEMORANDUM No. 1013. April 15, 1912. NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OBSTRUCTONS OF THE AMERICAN COAST. Mar. 28 – Lat 24° 20', lon 80° 02', passed a broken spar projecting about 3 feet out of water, apparently attached to sunken wrockage.--EVELYN (SS) Wright. OBSTRUCTIONS ALONG THE OVER-SEA ROUTES. Apr 7 - Lat 35° 20', lon 59° 40', saw a lowermast covered with marine growth.--ADRIATICO (It. ss), Cevascu. ICE REPORTS. Apr 7 - Lat 45° 10', lon 56° 40', ran into a strip of field ice about 3 or 4 miles wide extending north and south as far as could be seen. Some very heavy pans were seen.--ROSALIND (Br ss), Williams. Apr 10 - Lat 41° 50', lon 50° 25', passed a large ice field a few hundred feet wide and 15 miles long extending in a NNE direction.--EXCELSIOR (Ger ss). (New York Herald) COLLISION WITH ICEBERG - Apr 14 - Lat 41° 46', lon 50° 14', the British steamer TITANIC collided with an iceberg seriously damaging her bow; extent not definitely known. Apr 14 - The German steamer AMERIKA reported by radio telegraph passing two large icebergs in lat 41° 27'. lon 50° 08',--TITANIC (Br ss). Apr 14 - Lat 42° 06', lon 49° 43', encountered extensive field ice and saw seven icebergs of considerable size.--PISA (Ger ss). J. J. K N A P P Captain, U. S. Navy/Hydrographer.

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