Typewriters
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| Model | Year Introduced | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Royal 1 (Standard) | 1906 | First model, flatbed design |
| Royal 5 | 1911 | Flatbed, 11" carriage |
| Royal 6 | 1911 | Flatbed, 15" carriage |
| Royal 8 | 1911 | Flatbed, 19" carriage |
| Royal 10 | 1914 | Upright design, Beveled glass sides |
| Royal Portable | 1926 | First portable model |
| Royal Portable (2nd Model) | 1931 | Second Portable Model |
| Royal Signet | 1932-3 | Depression-Era, low-cost portable |
| Royal KHM | 1934 | Round raised cover over ribbons |
| Royal Junior | 1935 | Depression-Era, low-cost portable |
| Royal Standard Portable | 1935 | First Royal with Touch Control |
| Royal Deluxe | 1935 | Touch control, finger comfort keys |
| Royal KMM | 1939 | Hinged top, touch control |
| Royal Quiet Deluxe Portable | 1941 | Introduced "magic margin" system |
| Royal Companion (1st model) | 1941 | A Royal Varsity, with a two-color ribbon. |
| Royal Varsity | 1941 | Replaced the Royal Junior and Signet--a low-cost portable typewriter. |
| Royal Quiet Deluxe (2nd model) | 1948 | Designed by Henry Dreyfuss |
| Royal Arrow | 1948 (?) | For military use during WWII |
| Royal KMG | 1949 | Extra long carriage |
| Royal Companion (2nd Model) | 1950 | Designed by Henry Dreyfuss |
| Royal | 1950 | Royal's first electric typewriter |
| Royal Diana | 1953 | Made in Mannheim, Germany. Made until 1959. |
| Royal HH | 1954 | Hinged Top, Touch Control, Portable |
| Royal Royalite | 1955 | Made in Leiden. Small portable. |
| Royal Senior Companion | 1955 | Low-cost, full-size portable typewriter. |
| Royal Companion (3rd model) | 1955 | Lower-cost version of the Senior Companion. |
| Royal Quiet Deluxe (3rd model) | 1955 | Came in a choice of six colors |
| Royal Futura | 1958 | First Royal portable with keyboard-level tab clear/set. |
| Royal Eldorado | 1962 | Royalite painted black and gold. |
| Royal Dart | 1962 | A special Royalite made for Montgomery Ward, with a raised ribbon cover. |
| Royal Lark | 1962 | A special Royalite, with a raised ribbon cover. |
| Royal Empress | 1962 | Large, futuristic office typewriter |
| Royalite '64 | 1963 | Royal Royalite, with a two-color ribbon. Offered in either light yellow, or gray. |
| Royal 5000SDW | 1964 | |
| Royal Safari | 1964 | Full-featured portable typewriter. |
| Royalite '65 | 1964 | Royalite, with new design, based on the Royal Futura. |
| Royal Skylark | 1965 | A small, plastic-bodied Royalite. |
| Royalite (Model 2) | 1966 | Small plastic typewriter, with snap-on lid. |
| Royal '890' | 1966 | Came in either white, beige, or gray |
| Royal Telstar | 1966 | Basically a Royal Safari, with fewer features, and sold at a lower price. |
| Royal 550 | 1967 | |
| Royal Mercury | 1968 | Small metal-bodied portable, made by Silver-Reed, in Japan. Early models are painted ivory. |
| Royal Century | 1968 | Like the Royal Mercury, except painted two-tone blue, with a raised ribbon cover. |
| Royal Signet | 1968 | Like the Royal Mercury; lacks touch control and two-color ribbon. Came in gray |
| Royal Jet | 1968 | Blue version of the Signet. |
| Royal Apollo | 1969 | Electric portable typewriter. |
| Royal Tab-O-Matic | 1972 | Royal Mercury with preset tabulator. Painted dark brown. |
| Royal Sabre | 1972 | One of the first Royal portables to be manufactured in Portugal |
| Royal Astronaut | 1972 | Plastic portable typewriter, with a modernistic design. Made in Japan. |
| Royal Fleetwood | 1972 | Woodgrained plastic portable, based on Royal Sprite. Made by Silver-Reed. Also called Caravan. Had transistor radio in its case. |
| Royal Sprite | 1972 | Plastic typewriter, with a transistor radio mounted in its case. |
| Royal Sahara | 1975 | A rebadged Adler Tippa S, made of bright-blue plastic. |
| Royal Safari (Model 2) | 1979 | Made in Portugal |
| Royal Cavalier | Pre-1990 | |
| Royal Safari III | 1989 | Made in Korea. Manual portable. |
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