<내용> 1920년10월부터 약 4년간 생산 판매된 미국 레밍톤사의 휴대용 영문타자기 #1 제품 중에 우리나라도 들어온 몇 안되는 타이프라이타 중의 하나로 외관 형태의 결품은 없으나 타이핑 동작은 되지않는 근대사 자료이다.
<크기> 30.5 × 31.5 × 10.5cm
<레밍톤사의 참고자료>
Remington Portable [#1] (Oct. 1920-Jan. 1925)
Serial numbers: 2-letter, 5-numeral code beginning with N
 These little machines were marketed aggressively and were a great success. They were the first truly portable typewriters with four-bank keyboards, and in this category they had no competition until Royal and Underwood introduced four-bank portables in 1926. The "folding-typebar" mechanism raises the typebars to a 45-degree angle, the printing position, by means of a lever on the right side of the typewriter. The typebars must be lowered again when the typewriter is returned to its case. The carrying case is sometimes wood or metal covered in leather or imitation leather; usually (as on all subsequent Remington portables), it is wood covered in black cloth. In 1924 the price of the Remington Portable was $60. It was sold in France as the "Smith Premier Portative."
Keep your eyes open for a very early #1, such as the one pictured above on the left. It appears at first glance to be just like the later #1 (on the right), but notice that it has no right shift key. In fact, the early #1 has many features which the company soon changed. The new features were phased in beginning around spring 1921, and then became standard on all Remington portables. Today it is quite difficult to find a specimen that has all the early features. What follows is my best guess about the order in which the early features were changed.
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