1948 Underwood S #II-6548128
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
Created: 07-16-2015 at 03:55PM
Last Edit: 08-08-2015 at 09:01PM
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Description:
Another one of those unidentified Underwoods. Yard sale find. Decent but sticky.
I think the "II" prefix on the serial number is a reference to the platen width, 11 inches.
This is cleaning up pretty well. The major functions now work. Margins are flakey, to put it mildly, though that's not surprising with Underwood's front-margin complications.
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Hunter: Michael Hoehne (mhoehne)
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