Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Typewriter, Manual |
Title |
Underwood Typewriter No. 5 |
Date |
ca 1920 |
Description |
Underwood Number 5 typewriter, black in color. Underwood Models 3, 4, and 5 were made from late 1900 until late 1931 or early 1932. The No. 3 is a wide-carriage machine, the No. 4 types 76 characters, and the No. 5 types 84 characters. The No. 5 was the quintessential Underwood. Millions of these machines were used by secretaries, journalists, government officials, and writers throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Later Underwoods were superficially modernized, but retained the same basic mechanism. The name "No. 5" was even given to some of these later typewriters, in honor of the model that made the company's fortune. Ref: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/underwood5.html |
Owned By |
Texas Electric Railway |
Made By |
Underwood Typewriter Company |
Used By |
Possibly Auditor's Office |
Material |
Bakelite/Plastic/Steel |
Collector |
Cook, Hermon C., Sr. |
Search Terms |
Office Office Equipment Typewriter Underwood Typewriter Company |
Collection |
Hermon C. Cook Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2005.CL.3-52 |