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1948 Underwood Champion Serial # G 1576736 1948 Underwood Champion typewriter, Serial # G 1576736 Mark Petersen's 1948 Underwood Champion typewriter. 2017-06-12 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Mark Petersen: 1948 Underwood Champion Serial # G 1576736 This machine was purchased from a guy who got it as a graduation gift when he graduated from high school in 1969. He was told it was a brand new typewriter. He told me it was made in 1969.
It was used for several papers and then stored. When it came into my possession it was severely damaged in several places, including a whole corner missing on the paper tray in the back.
The case was given to JP Huard to house a much superior naked machine.
The mainspring motor was donated in a transplant to save a US Navy WW2 veteran in my collection.
A front foot was removed and damaged in an experiment before replacing feet on the US Navy machine.
It has been accidentally showered with green overspray from another project.
It has been tossed yards from my porch into a foot of snow, and left there until the snow melted.
It offered a shift key to an Underwood Leader which was missing one.
It now serves as the doorstop on my porch. It is a giver, not a taker.

1948 Underwood Champion #G 1576736

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype)
Created: 06-12-2017 at 07:24PM
Last Edit: 06-12-2017 at 07:24PM


Description:

This machine was purchased from a guy who got it as a graduation gift when he graduated from high school in 1969. He was told it was a brand new typewriter. He told me it was made in 1969.
It was used for several papers and then stored. When it came into my possession it was severely damaged in several places, including a whole corner missing on the paper tray in the back.
The case was given to JP Huard to house a much superior naked machine.
The mainspring motor was donated in a transplant to save a US Navy WW2 veteran in my collection.
A front foot was removed and damaged in an experiment before replacing feet on the US Navy machine.
It has been accidentally showered with green overspray from another project.
It has been tossed yards from my porch into a foot of snow, and left there until the snow melted.
It offered a shift key to an Underwood Leader which was missing one.
It now serves as the doorstop on my porch. It is a giver, not a taker.

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Hunter: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype)

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I am an aspiring novelist and avid typewriter enthusiast from the New River Valley in Virginia. I am a proud Virginia Tech graduate with an education in creative writing. I use typewriters for all my writing and am working on a novel. I also do street poetry. I often can be found writing on one of my machines in downtown Blacksburg and enjoying a drink.
You can email me at totallyyourtype@gmail.com
You can mail me at Mark Petersen / PO Box 6683 / Christiansburg, VA 24068-6683



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