Private company | |
Industry | Typewriters |
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Founded | 1904[1] |
Founder | Edward B. Hess[2] |
Headquarters | Hartford, Connecticut , |
Products | See Typewriters section |
Model | Year Introduced | Notes |
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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 Model O | 1936 | Portable with touch control, made in the USA. |
Royal Aristocrat (1st Model) | 1939 | Large portable. Tabs were set manually. |
Royal KMM | 1939 | Hinged top, touch control, Introduced 'Magic Margin' system |
Royal Quiet Deluxe Portable | 1939 | |
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 World War II |
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 (1st Model) | 1958 | First Royal portable with keyboard-level tab clear/set. |
Royal Heritage, Heritage Deluxe, Heritage III | 1959 | Essentially a Royal Futura but sold exclusively at Montgomery Ward. |
Royal All-American | 1961 | Royal Futura body with no 'Magic Margins' or 'Touch Control'. Same as 'Tab-O-Matic' but different color and different luggage case. |
Royal Aristocrat (2nd Model) | 1961 | Tri-Tone Royal Futura body with no 'Magic Margins.' Similar to 'Tab-O-Matic' and 'All American' but with keys like the Heritage line. |
Royal Tab-O-Matic (1st Model) | 1961 | Royal Futura body with no 'Magic Margins' or 'Touch Control'. Same as 'All-American' but different color and different luggage case. |
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. |
Royal Custom II | 1965 | A full-sized portable typewriter, available in either red or charcoal. One of the last Royal portables to be produced in the United States. |
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 Aristocrat (3rd Model) | 1968 | Similar to Royal Safari. Doesn't have a '1' key but does have a '+' key. |
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 Futura (2nd Model) | 1968 | A gold and white Royal 890 design was sold as the 'Futura' in 1968. |
Royal Apollo | 1969 | Electric portable typewriter. |
Royal Jetstar | 1970 | Fully-Electric Personal Typewriter. |
Royal Tab-O-Matic (second design) | 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 Custom III | 1973 | A full-sized portable typewriter available in two tone deep red/white or blue/white. |
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. |
Royal Scrittore | ca. 2012 | Made in China. Manual portable. |
Royal Scrittore II | ca. 2012 | Made in China. Manual portable. |
Royal Epoch | ca. 2015 | Made in China. Manual portable. |