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1911 Underwood 5 Serial # 360269 1911 Underwood 5 typewriter, Serial # 360269 Brian Decker's 1911 Underwood 5 typewriter. 2026-02-14 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brian Decker: 1911 Underwood 5 Serial # 360269 2026-02-14 Update: Added a new photo of the foot S/N #409280, for comparison with the body S/N #360269. Added an updated typing sample, and new detail photos of the type slugs, showing the "UR" foundry marks. This is a 10-CPI typeface, but clearly different from the more typical "UP" for Underwood Pica.

2025-12-13, Original Gallery Creation: The serial number on this Underwood 5, #360269, implies a manufacture date of January 1911. I purchased this machine, along with one of my two Woodstock Model 5 typewriters (# BW-40431 I believe) on eBay, on 25-26 October 2006, for $59.00 each, including shipping. I had the platen and feed rollers re-surfaced by Ames Supply Co. in April of 2008, but it still does not feed paper properly. It basically needs an overhaul. The typeface is 10 cpi, therefore Pica I suppose, but it seems to be a taller typeface than most of my other office standard machines in Pica.

1911 Underwood 5 #360269

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 12-13-2025 at 08:49PM
Last Edit: 02-14-2026 at 02:31PM

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2026-02-14 Update: Added a new photo of the foot S/N #409280, for comparison with the body S/N #360269. Added an updated typing sample, and new detail photos of the type slugs, showing the "UR" foundry marks. This is a 10-CPI typeface, but clearly different from the more typical "UP" for Underwood Pica.

2025-12-13, Original Gallery Creation: The serial number on this Underwood 5, #360269, implies a manufacture date of January 1911. I purchased this machine, along with one of my two Woodstock Model 5 typewriters (# BW-40431 I believe) on eBay, on 25-26 October 2006, for $59.00 each, including shipping. I had the platen and feed rollers re-surfaced by Ames Supply Co. in April of 2008, but it still does not feed paper properly. It basically needs an overhaul. The typeface is 10 cpi, therefore Pica I suppose, but it seems to be a taller typeface than most of my other office standard machines in Pica.

Typeface Specimen:

Photos:

Front low angle. Notice that the front frame has been re-sprayed on the left side, but not on the right. Bob Aubert re-touched the left when I visited him in 2008, but he left the right for me to do. He was so adept and quick, I wish he had just done both sides himself!
Front low angle. Notice that the front frame has been re-sprayed on the left side, but not on the right. Bob Aubert re-touched the left when I visited him in 2008, but he left the right for me to do. He was so adept and quick, I wish he had just done both sides himself!

Paper table.
Paper table.

Right quadrant.
Right quadrant.

Right.
Right.

Back.
Back.

Detail of patent dates.
Detail of patent dates.

Left.
Left.

Left quadrant.
Left quadrant.

Serial number.
Serial number.

Typing sample.
Typing sample.

Serial number on left front foot, #409280. Compare with body S/N #360269.
Serial number on left front foot, #409280. Compare with body S/N #360269.

Type slug detail, left side, showing 10 CP "UR" typeface.
Type slug detail, left side, showing 10 CP "UR" typeface.

Type slug detail, left-center, showing "UR" foundry marks.
Type slug detail, left-center, showing "UR" foundry marks.

Type slug detail, center range, showing "UR" foundry marks.
Type slug detail, center range, showing "UR" foundry marks.

Type slug detail, focused center range, showing "UR" foundry marks.
Type slug detail, focused center range, showing "UR" foundry marks.

Type slug detail, focused center range, showing "UR" foundry marks.
Type slug detail, focused center range, showing "UR" foundry marks.

Type slug detail, right-end range, showing "UR" foundry marks.
Type slug detail, right-end range, showing "UR" foundry marks.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.


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