Description
Full color 9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ ad for the Royal Safari Portable Typewriter. The ad headline mentions “The Royal Touch” and says that “In a portable typewriter, it means the easiest-to-use portable you can give for Graduation”. The ad mentions some of the features this portable has, you can “Snap and click! You’ve changed a smudge proof ribbon”, you can “Press and zing! You’ve set a margin” and you can “Push and zip! You’ve set a column”. The text says that “These are the rapid sounds of the Royal Safari, the portable with the automatic features of Royal’s office typewriter. Conveniences that make schoolwork go faster, easier, livelier. They’re all part of the Royal engineering ingenuity – The Royal Touch – You’ll find in every Royal portable. Precision portables. Rugged portables with a 5-year guarantee. Royal is preferred among students. What better gift to send your graduate back to school with, to help earn better grades? See the Royal Parade, too with tabulator feature of higher priced portables. Prices start at $53.50, tax included”.
Source: May 14, 1965 Life magazine.
