197X Underwood Electric 555 #80000120
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Geoff Flash (gflash)
Created: 04-06-2019 at 04:55PM
Last Edit: 04-20-2019 at 03:35AM
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This is the first 555 in the database. I saw Mark's sighting of the 565 and the comments. It was the same price and typed very well. I picked it up because I'm a sucker for electric typewriters that have all the working parts of the manual ones. ie return arm, manual carriage movement without power on ...
Made in Japan
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Hunter: Geoff Flash (gflash)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 22043
"I was born in a crossfire hurricane"...
A professor in college gave me the gift and appreciation of the letter form.
Typewriters are just little "print shops" for me.
I have an MFA in 3D Digital Sculpture.
I no longer mold young minds, by teaching art to high school students, everyday is a safari now...
In my spare time I own and operate an equal opportunity rescue shelter for all makes and models of typewriters that have been abandoned in the bottoms of closets.
No matter how many typewriters I am fortunate to be able to collect, my collection will not be as nice as Herman's...
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