Royal H 10 (1935)

The Royal H 10
 
Year of production:  1935
 
Company:  Royal Typewriter Company , New York , USA
 
Serial No. 1781447
 
Fun Facts;
 
To promote the ruggedness of its typewriters, George Edward Smith, president of Royal, bought a Ford-Stout tri-motor airplane in August 1927.
 
This plane, commonly called the Royal Airtruck, dropped over 200 typewriters in crates with parachutes to dealers over the eastern seaboard of the USA on its maiden flight.
 
Royal eventually delivered over 11,000 typewriters this way with only ten being damaged.
 
In January 1941, Edward B. Hess, one of Royal's founders and vice presidents, died in Orlando, Florida. Hess was a prolific inventor and held over 140 patents relating to the typewriter.