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1937 Underwood Champion Serial # G1101197 1937 Underwood Champion typewriter, Serial # G1101197 Greg Mattesen's 1937 Underwood Champion typewriter. 2025-10-13 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Greg Mattesen: 1937 Underwood Champion Serial # G1101197 I found this one at a local antique show, and I snapped it up due to the beautiful glossy black finish and the unusual case with built-in stand.

1937 Underwood Champion #G1101197

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 10-13-2025 at 08:09AM
Last Edit: 10-13-2025 at 08:09AM


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I found this one at a local antique show, and I snapped it up due to the beautiful glossy black finish and the unusual case with built-in stand.

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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)

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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.



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