1910 Standard Folding 1 #5147

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 04-11-2026 at 04:25PM
Last Edit: 04-11-2026 at 06:37PM

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2026-Apr-11 Gallery Creation. This is my first ever Standard Folding typewriter. I won this in a proper eBay auction on 3/29/26. There were 27 bids, but I prevailed at $430 for the final bid. Shipping was $25.95 by USPS Ground Advantage.

The seller was (and is) the proprietor of the Kountry Treasures eBay shop, based in West Plains, MO. The machine belonged to her dad, who passed away 20 years ago. It was sitting in a closet since then, as the seller was hoping one of the grandchildren would want it. Not to be. So, she listed it on eBay, along with another folding typewriter that had belonged to her dad. I looked for that one on eBay, but it must have sold before I noticed this auction for the Standard Folding. The lady listed it as a Standard Folding Model 2; however, it's clear from the images and serial number that, in fact, it is a late Model 1, probably manufactured in May or June of 1910.

I did some cleaning of the typebar bearings with bore cleaner, to free up some key stickiness. Then I tried a typing sample, and found that the ribbon vibrator was not elevating enough, so that tall letters were getting clipped off. I learned how to do the ribbon vibrator adjustment, and was able to produce a reasonable typing sample. It has a 10 CPI font, and a QWERTZ keyboard with a character set that appears to be a Swiss layout.

This is now the oldest portable in my collection, exceeding in age my 1916 Corona 3 (linked gallery), which is now my 2nd oldest.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Gallery for my 1916 Corona 3, S/N 95609

Photos:

Typewriter in its case of purple velvet. Ironically, my 1916 Corona 3 also came in a purple velvet case.

Typewriter folded in its case.

Empty typewriter case.

Case compartment with screwdriver that came with it.

Case exterior.

Case lock detail.

Standard Folding side-by-side with my 1916 Corona 3.

Front view with paper loaded.

Front decal closeup.

Keyboard closeup. QWERTZ key arrangement. With the various French and German diacritical marks included, it appears to me to be a Swiss layout.

Right quadrant viewpoint.

Right rear quadrant viewpoint.

Left quadrant viewpoint.

Left rear quadrant viewpoint.

Rear of machine.

Serial number and patent detail.

Front folded view. The escapement cover came with just enough screws to hold it in place.

Cover off, showing escapement mechanism.

Ribbon detail. The ribbon vibrator adjustment is the blued metal slider, with one screw, slightly below and to the right of center.

Detail of type slugs, center. Note the "circle k" foundry mark on Corona and Smith-Corona typewriters got its start way back in the day of the Standard Folding!

Type slug detail, left.

Type slug detail, right.

Typing sample. The rhyme is from Schmidt and Glokke, Das Erste Jahr Deutsch, published in 1917 and 1923.

Schmidt and Glokke book cover.

Schmidt and Glokke copyright page.

Schmidt and Glokke title page.

Schmidt and Glokke (Smith and Bell) nursery rhyme copied in my typing sample.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008. I still have my collection of around 57 machines, and now I have a renewed interest in getting some of them in good working and cosmetic order.