Royal Typewriter Company

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.