1941 Remington Streamliner #B111763

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 05-06-2025 at 09:25AM
Last Edit: 05-07-2025 at 03:55PM

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Sept 1941. Dirty but she's going to be purty.

This one has the wind lines and pivot lever end. 113 no wind, but still the pivot. For 117 the pivot is dropped.
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And she is! New rollers as always a pia. My fancy EVA feet 'upgrade' and otherwise it is in fantastic condition.
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Let's talk Streamliner vs 'streamlined." Many typewriters were restyled to be part of the streamlined or streamlining movement in industrial design. For example, 2 series Smith Coronas are streamlined and they adopted "speedline" as in the same thing. However, Remington made the most use of it by actually calling this one Streamliner in direct reference to the top of the line in modern transport-trains. They would also make liberal use of the term for the shiny "Model 5" calling it streamlined in ads. They ran far more for that than the actual Streamliner, which has very little ad push and wasn't around long. The 'streamlining' used to emphasize modern and speed.

So today you see a lot of references to the 'Model 5 streamliner,' but to be accurate it is not a Streamliner as in those in this gallery. See RP's great resource (link) for more info and/or go to the Remington main page and place your serial number there because there is a lot of misidentified Remington portables in various galleries.

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Links:

• Streamliner vs "streamlined" or know your Remington.
• Streamline and/or Streamlined
• Manual
• STREAMLINER gallery
• 1940 "Monarch" model 5
• Deluxe Model 5 - are you confused yet?
• 49 line is the end of the line

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.

Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to anyone area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.