1947 Underwood Leader #H1877256
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ursula Sadiq (Ursula)
Created: 02-23-2024 at 01:03PM
Last Edit: 02-24-2024 at 11:54AM
![1947 #H1877256](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g_underwood_22234_1708718597.jpg)
Description:
In February 2024 I was gifted 8 typewriters by another collector who needed the space. This is one of them. The ribbon advance mechanism currently only works one way and a few keys are slightly sticky. But it types! The 8 has a nick in it - wonder how that happened? I like its petite size and portability, and can overlook the lack of tab, paper support, and a hard to find line spacer. Maybe I'll build a case for it someday.
Typeface Specimen:
![](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/t_22234_1708800226.jpg)
Photos:
![Front view. Keys could use some more scrubbing, but at least I can read them all now. Front view. Keys could use some more scrubbing, but at least I can read them all now.](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22234_157561__157561_1708800631.jpg)
![right side right side](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22234_157562__157562_1708800665.jpg)
![back back](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22234_157563__157563_1708800684.jpg)
![left side left side](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22234_157564__157564_1708800696.jpg)
![iso view iso view](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22234_157565__157565_1708800712.jpg)
![bottom bottom](https://typewriterdatabase.com/img/g22234_157566__157566_1708800748.jpg)
Hunter: Ursula Sadiq (Ursula)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 155
So it was the winter of 2023 and I found three typewriters in my basement. (I knew they were there, but I hadn't thought about them in years). So I pulled them out and fell in love with all things manual typewriter. In short order my aunt gifted me 2 more, a cousin set 3 my way, various friends were happy to unload typewriters from their attics & garages to my Home for Wayward Typewriters. ... So now, spring of 2023 I have a collection of 13 typewriters, in various stages of functionality, I have intent to fix them all, starting any day now. . . meanwhile, I am learning and documenting and dreaming
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