1955 Underwood De Luxe #AA2659919
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Heather Hjorth (Weaklink)
Created: 10-02-2023 at 10:01AM
Last Edit: 10-02-2023 at 10:06AM
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Here's the typewriter that started it all for me: a beautiful green machine with great lines from an optimistic time in American history. I've had this machine since the 1990s. I don't remember if this came from an estate sale or a thrift store, but I LOVE this machine!
The colors are beautiful, and the side view of this machinery reminds me of the vintage Hermes of the same era. I am delighted by the way the paper supports raise in unison, like a pair of antennae.
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Hunter: Heather Hjorth (Weaklink)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 307
I collect a variety of mechanical marvels including accordions, pump organs, and typewriters. In addition to collecting, I enjoy cleaning the machines and learning to perform basic repairs.
My typewriter collection began with a 1950s-era Underwood DeLuxe, purchased in the 1990s. Several decades passed before the typewriter bug bit again. Now I live surrounded by a small army of manual machines, including a Blickenderfer No. 7, a tiny 3 bank Underwood (1923), a Smith-Corona Clipper, a handful of Remingtons, and others.
Typewriters let me commune with the memory of my mother. Mum was an amazing typist - a legal secretary at a white-shoe NYC law firm who could accurately type over 100 wpm. Later in life, she taught middle school - many subjects - but typing was her favorite. Unlike teaching English, there was no pile of unpaid papers to grade. Prior to the advent of word processors, her last typewriter was a hulking beast of an IBM Selectric.
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