1938 Underwood Portable 4 Bank #E1174114
Status: My Collection
Hunter: John Abbott (TruckerGeek)
Created: 03-23-2020 at 05:38PM
Last Edit: 03-23-2020 at 05:39PM
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Description:
#1106. Not as sexy as some of the other portables of the time, but I like it. It definitely has some mechanical issues, like the carriage not holding in position.
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Hunter: John Abbott (TruckerGeek)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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I started my collection back in 2017 when I found a 1993 Brother WP-1250, which was very close to the typewriter I owned and used to write letters home while I was stationed in Korea serving in the US Air Force (I later discovered it was most likely the Brother WP-1150, so I picked that up). In 2018, my wife took me to one of the local antique store and I saw an old typewriter that caught my eye. My wife purchased it for me for Christmas (a 1932 Royal 10). My wife and I decided to limit my collection to 5 typewriters, so I need to sell off my surplus.
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