1911 Underwood 5 #360269
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 12-13-2025 at 08:49PM
Last Edit: 12-13-2025 at 09:48PM
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Description:
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.
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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. I still have my collection of around 57 machines, and now I have a renewed interest in getting some of them in good working and cosmetic order.
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