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1950 Underwood SS Serial # 12-6643798 1950 Underwood SS typewriter, Serial # 12-6643798 James Grooms's 1950 Underwood SS typewriter. 2026-05-07 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1950 Underwood SS Serial # 12-6643798 The postwar standard lineup for the type off is almost complete! This SS/Rhythm Touch is ready for weigh-in.

This, never seen a screwdriver until today, typewriter is ready to smoke some paper. A fine example of what was going off the rails at Underwood. It ain't 1925 guys. But hey they managed to update the return lever!!!

See the ad images. This one, per the marketing, was the Rhythm Touch De Luxe. Look those ads over, they are just a sample that support this:

the SS and the RT are the same. When they came out with the SS, "rhythm touch" was the feature. In about a year and a half, they started calling the SS the RT. Same darn tooting machine. And don't go confusing the S, which was still a carriage shifter, with any of this.

1950 Underwood SS #12-6643798

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 06-14-2024 at 04:29PM
Last Edit: 05-07-2026 at 05:02PM

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The postwar standard lineup for the type off is almost complete! This SS/Rhythm Touch is ready for weigh-in.

This, never seen a screwdriver until today, typewriter is ready to smoke some paper. A fine example of what was going off the rails at Underwood. It ain't 1925 guys. But hey they managed to update the return lever!!!

See the ad images. This one, per the marketing, was the Rhythm Touch De Luxe. Look those ads over, they are just a sample that support this:

the SS and the RT are the same. When they came out with the SS, "rhythm touch" was the feature. In about a year and a half, they started calling the SS the RT. Same darn tooting machine. And don't go confusing the S, which was still a carriage shifter, with any of this.

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May 1946 and the SS has rhythm.
May 1946 and the SS has rhythm.

nov 48.
nov 48.

Late 1948 and finally the drop the "with rhythm" and call the SS the RT model.
Late 1948 and finally the drop the "with rhythm" and call the SS the RT model.

may 49 a long lever machine is still RT wo the De Luxe.
may 49 a long lever machine is still RT wo the De Luxe.

Dec 48 ad for the new RT De Luxe with new features.
Dec 48 ad for the new RT De Luxe with new features.

1958 and a dealer is calling an early SS with short lever an SS.
1958 and a dealer is calling an early SS with short lever an SS.

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