193X Barr Universal #9351
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Georg Sommeregger (shordzi)
Created: 02-07-2026 at 01:16PM
Last Edit: 02-08-2026 at 01:10AM
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Description:
Made in Ithaka NY. Found in Switzerland, Swiss-German keyboard. Note the erroneous spelling on the recte Umschaltungsstelltaste.
Will Davis, in his excellent article on the Barr typewriter, sets the beginning of the Universal model "in all probability in early 1930", so I date this 193X. (Will Davis, A New Look at the Barr Typewriter, https://davistypewriters.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-new-look-at-barr-typewriter.html).
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Hunter: Georg Sommeregger (shordzi)
Georg Sommeregger's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 2658
Based in Suhr, Switzerland.
Very early member of the typosphere.
Running typewriters.ch since 2008.
You can reach me at sommeregger@yahoo.com.
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