1927 Underwood 5 #2347908-5
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Created: 01-30-2018 at 06:59PM
Last Edit: 01-30-2018 at 07:01PM
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Description:
Ohio antique mall purchase. Last Patent No. on back says March 2, 1926. Machine was in good condition, types well and had good ribbon. I have another 5 but no ribbon. Gold lettering and logo removed--which I notice on a number of 5s I see here and there. But my other 5 has the gold. This machine has a sort of blue underneath the wording "Underwood" above the keyboard. Price was cheap for what I usually see the 5s selling for and it was on a nice typewriter table that was painted baby blue so I took both.
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Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1192
Changed my collecting priorities to portables except the Olympia SG3 with the cyrillic keyboard and my Underwood No. 5--those beasts are too heavy. Sold my earlier typewriters to a friend. I had too many. I use carbon paper for typefaces when the machines have faint ribbons. I take photos with my Canon Powershot SX50HS (50x optical zoom and macro settings). I find it difficult doing typeface specimens since I use a Corsair K70 RGB gaming keyboard plugged into my 15-in Macbook. I got it solely for the deep key travel. I have fun hunting machines in antique malls in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
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