1956 Underwood Leader #CA2671278
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Created: 07-20-2017 at 10:46PM
Last Edit: 07-20-2017 at 10:47PM
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Description:
Bloomington Illinois antique mall purchase.
Heavy, all-metal machine. Came with case. Case had reddish brown dust in it. Had to clean that gunk out. Machine was fairly clean. So right out of the dirty case, it typed well with a solid feel.
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Hunter: Tom Beauvais (TomA2Mich)
Tom Beauvais's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1192
Changed my collecting priorities to portables except the Olympia SG3 with the cyrillic keyboard and my Underwood No. 5--those beasts are too heavy. Sold my earlier typewriters to a friend. I had too many. I use carbon paper for typefaces when the machines have faint ribbons. I take photos with my Canon Powershot SX50HS (50x optical zoom and macro settings). I find it difficult doing typeface specimens since I use a Corsair K70 RGB gaming keyboard plugged into my 15-in Macbook. I got it solely for the deep key travel. I have fun hunting machines in antique malls in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.
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