1926 Underwood Standard 3-Row Portable

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Currently a Parts Machine, But Ready to Be Restored

Note that this is one of three similar Underwood Standard Portable machines. See if you can find the differences between them.

By the mid-1920s the Underwood typewriter brand was making great sales headway against its ever-present competitor, Remington. Underwood’s big advantage was that it is a "visible" writer where the typist could see what was being typed on the typewriter’s platen.

Many earlier Remington typewriters still in use in the 1920s used upstrike or "blind" writer technology, where what the typist writes is imprinted on the bottom of the platen, requiring the operator to lift the platen to see what had just been typed.

Underwood pressed its competitive advantage in its marketing of this machine using the slogan, “The machine you will eventually buy.”

This 3-bank, 28 key Underwood was itself soon replaced by the 4-bank model because the new model included shift keys on both the right and left sides of the keyboard.

This is essentially a parts machine. The carriage draw spring and strap are broken, but can be easily repaired.

This machine includes its original case.
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The 1926 Underwood Standard Portable uses a 3-Row, Qwerty, 28-key, frontstrike impact mechanism.
Overall condition: Fair, a good restoration project
Year: 1926
Serial No.: 181718
Type language: English
Manufactured by the Underwood Typewriter Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA