For sale is a working 1920s UNDERWOOD STANDARD PORTABLE FOUR BANK TYEWRITER from the Underwood Typewriter Company. The typewriter’s serial number is 4B136335 and is marked with patent dates which range from 1913 through 1926. This typewriter was probably manufactured in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The typewriter comes with a hard carry case. The case has a working lock and the original key. The typewriter appears to be in excellent condition with a working carriage and no stuck keys. This glass key typewriter is well preserved. A top notch collectible typewriter.
The Underwood Typewriter Company was headquartered in New York City with manufacturing facilities in Hartford, Connecticut. Underwood produced what is considered the first widely successful, modern typewriter. T he original Underwood typewriter was invented by German-American Franz Xaver Wagner, who showed it to entrepreneur John Thomas Underwood. Underwood supported Wagner and bought the company, recognizing the importance of the machine. In 1900, the company started selling the Underwood Number 5 which has been described as “the first truly modern typewriter.” Famous authors who endorsed the Underwood typewriter includes William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway.
