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1908 Underwood 4 Serial # 203526 1908 Underwood 4 typewriter, Serial # 203526 Justin De Mello's 1908 Underwood 4 typewriter. 2019-04-12 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Justin De Mello: 1908 Underwood 4 Serial # 203526 I now have 3 Underwood standards, a 6, 5, and now a 4. Didn't plan on having this one but I wanted a Remington and they said if I buy both the Remington and this Underwood 4 they'd give me a great deal on both. Well, I'm a sucker for great deals and what's another Underwood standard going to hurt? Now I need a #1, 2, and 3! This #4 works great.

1908 Underwood 4 #203526

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Justin De Mello (jademello)
Created: 04-11-2019 at 10:03PM
Last Edit: 04-12-2019 at 02:47PM


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I now have 3 Underwood standards, a 6, 5, and now a 4. Didn't plan on having this one but I wanted a Remington and they said if I buy both the Remington and this Underwood 4 they'd give me a great deal on both. Well, I'm a sucker for great deals and what's another Underwood standard going to hurt? Now I need a #1, 2, and 3! This #4 works great.

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Hunter: Justin De Mello (jademello)

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I fell in love with typewriters when I was 13. I'm retired now. My first was a Corona #3 which I got free from a neighbor. Decades pass, life happened, and I lost interest. Then a few years back as a retiree I renewed my interest which is a bit of a happy obsession now. However, it's not just typewriters that captivate me; I love all types of old office equipment, too. I have a Dalton adding machine (which I've restored), several different working antique check writers, a Dictaphone, antique steno machine, business card press, postage stamp scale. I have a well equipped antique office that is spilling into all parts of my home. Most items are from the Machine Age: 1880's into the 1930's. Still, typewriters are complex and amazing pieces of machinery that I'm always drawn to.

Oddly my background and profession was in the computer industry. I worked in the banking business for 30 years developing systems for ATM,s, phone banking, then PC home banking. I started out in banking sorting mail in a mailroom, moved on to a hardware operator: keypunch card machines, huge IBM printers, printout bursting machines, tape drive and cathode ray tubes. I guess we have come a long way but typewriters have taken me back.



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