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1929 Underwood Portable 3 Bank Serial # 209568 1929 Underwood Portable 3 Bank typewriter, Serial # 209568 Guillermo Fernandez Boan's 1929 Underwood Portable 3 Bank typewriter. 2018-03-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Guillermo Fernandez Boan: 1929 Underwood Portable 3 Bank Serial # 209568 This typewriter is complete and operative. The keyboard set is a strange one (german?):
The upper bank is a "QERTY" one. The W is on the lower bank.
On the back of the paper table you can read: "LICENSED UNDER GUBELMANN PATENT NOVEMBER 9, 1915". I have no idea about this legend, but Mr. Robert Messenger have an article about it: http://oztypewriter.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/mystery-of-gubelmann-typewriter.html
This typewriter was made in 1929, the last year for this Underwood portable model, and its serial # 209568 is the highest in the Database.

1929 Underwood Portable 3 Bank #209568

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Guillermo Fernandez Boan (ORTBRAKER)
Created: 03-10-2018 at 12:21PM
Last Edit: 03-10-2018 at 12:46PM


Description:

This typewriter is complete and operative. The keyboard set is a strange one (german?):
The upper bank is a "QERTY" one. The W is on the lower bank.
On the back of the paper table you can read: "LICENSED UNDER GUBELMANN PATENT NOVEMBER 9, 1915". I have no idea about this legend, but Mr. Robert Messenger have an article about it: http://oztypewriter.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/mystery-of-gubelmann-typewriter.html
This typewriter was made in 1929, the last year for this Underwood portable model, and its serial # 209568 is the highest in the Database.

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Hunter: Guillermo Fernandez Boan (ORTBRAKER)

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