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Uncle Max Garbell designed and manufactured these sleek portables:
5 1/2 pounds, carriage gear driven, rocker bearing, double ball bearing races.
Model #3 shown above
The first non-folding portable typewriter
| Garbell Portable features |
| Garbell Portable overview |
| Garbell Portable front |
| Garbell Portable side |
Max
Garbell
Order
Desk (brother Sam Garbell on right)
Tool
Room
Assembly
Room
Model
#3, 1920| The Garbell Typewriter Co., Inc. 1812 Ellen Street, Chicago, Illinois Factory rear view, circa 1919 |
| More Garbell Typewriter Company factory & product photos |
| shiny Model #3 |
| Lee Garbell & his #3 |
| The Garbell Portable #1 brochure |
| Adding Machine: design sold to Royal |
| Toy Gun, 1931 |
| Scale, 1937 |
| Patent papers & photos courtesy of Lee Garbell |
| Typewriter Site Links: |
Greg Fudacz Typewriter Collection |
| A Short Story of the Manual Portable Typewriter |
Garbell Family & Friends Home  |
The Garbell Typewriter page is a recipient of the
Majon Web Select
"SEAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD" 
Because this is a major award, we received a lamp in the
shape of a woman's leg wearing a nylon stocking.
page updated 17 March 2016
