REMINGTON 1931 NOISELESS PORTABLE MODEL 5 TYPEWRITER MADE IN THE USA (SERIAL N-13587)

THIS IS A REMINGTON NOISELESS PORTABLE MODEL 5 MADE ON THE 7TH OF AUGUST 1931. AMAZING WHAT A SERIAL NUMBER CAN TELL US.
 
SERIAL NUMBER N-13587: IT TOOK A WHILE TO FIND THE SERIAL NUMBER. IN THE END I FOUND IT UNDER THE TOP COVER. COULD NOT TAKE A PHOTO THOUGH AS THE COVER DID NOT WANT TO COME OFF. I MANAGED TO READ AND IT IS N-13587. THIS WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE. IT INDICATED THIS IS A NOISELESS PORTABLE MADE IN 1931. (SINGLE DIGIT N INDICATES NOISELESS PORTABLE REMINGTONS. N-13500 INDICATES THE YEAR 1931.) THE 8 AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE MONTH (AUGUST) AND THE 7 IS THE DAY.
 
MARKINGS: REMINGTON RAND MADE IN THE USA ON BACK
REMINGTON PORTABLE MODEL 5 ON FRONT
 
SIZE 27CM WIDE x 31CM DEEP x 12CM HIGH APPROXIMATELY WEIGHT 5KG
 
CONDITION: NEEDS A LINT. TYPEWRITER IN GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. EVERYTHING LOOKS TO BE IN WORKING CONDITION ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT FULLY TEST IT. SOME KEYS DOES NOT LIFT SMOOTHLY THOUGH AND IT WILL PROPABLY NEED SOME TLC TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL.
 
REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS:
The first commercially successful typewriter was designed by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden and manufactured by gunmakers E. Remington and Sons in 1874 in Ilion, New York.
In 1886 E. Remington and Sons sold the entirety of their typewriter interests to Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict. Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict manufactured their typewriters under the Remington Standard Typewriter Company name beginning in 1892.
The company became the Remington Typewriter Company in 1902, before merging with the Rand Kardex Company in 1927 to become Remington Rand. Remington Rand continued to sell typewriters until around 1955, when it was acquired by the Sperry Corporation.
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE TWO OTHER TYPEWRITERS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. AN OLIMPIA CARINA 2 TYPEWRITER MADE IN JAPAN AND AN ERIKA TYPEWRITER FROM GERMANY.