Another kind of Underwood

[Niner]

We know about those M1 carbines made during WWII. But there is another kind of Underwood that has gone the way of the horse and buggy and the eight track tape.

I got an old Underwood Five in my garage. Heavy as a sack of bricks and its utility surpassed by the computer age. But if the power ever goes out or my printer doesn't work and I have the urge to type a letter....well...I'm prepared.

This is what I found about the Underwood company.

The original Underwood typewriter was invented by German-American Franz X. Wagner, who showed it to entrepreneur John T. Underwood. Underwood supported Wagner and bought the company, recognising the importance of the machine. Underwood No. 1 and No. 2s, made between 1896 and 1900, had "Wagner Typewriter Co." printed on the back.[citation needed]

Underwood started adding addition and subtraction devices to their typewriters in about 1910.

During World War II Underwood produced M1 carbines for the war effort.

[DuncaninFrance]

They also make good anchors for aircraft carriers

[Tom-May]

I used to have an old Uderwood 'Noisless', as a kid, Lord knows where it came from, not so much a typewriter as a hernia waiting to happen .

I wish I still had it .

Tom