1963 Underwood Touchmaster Five #11-9327112
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
Created: 05-10-2014 at 12:28PM
Last Edit: 11-15-2015 at 01:27PM
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Description:
This Touch-Master Five typewriter is one of the last true Underwood full-size manual machines. Note the unique-to-Underwood feature of margin setting via stops that move along the scale at the front of the machine — that scale moves with the carriage. Later manuals carrying the Underwood name were Olivetti designs. Made in U.S.A.
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Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 316
I have collected typewriters since the early 1970s. My first collectible machine was a Mignon, but I also had everyday typers then, first a Voss ST-24 and an Olivetti Praxis 48, and then a Hermes 3000 and a Hermes 10. Over the last decade or so, I've turned my focus from early machines (Lambert, Blickensderfer, Hammond, Smith-Premier, etc.) to portables.
Besides typewriters, I also am avid about Studebakers, and have had a 1964 Studebaker GT Hawk since 1979.
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