Object Details
- Underwood Typewriter Company
- Description
- This Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter was manufactured between 1919 and 1929 by the Underwood Typewriter Company. The Underwood Portable had a three-bank QWERTY keyboard, and unlike the more popular Corona 3, the carriage and platen did not have to be folded to become portable. The typewriter had a cover with a handle that allowed it to be easily transported.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Christopher J. Thaiss
- 1922 - 1923
- ID Number
- ME.328708
- catalog number
- 328708
- accession number
- 274352
- serial number
- 82746
- Object Name
- typewriter
- Other Terms
- typewriter; Portable; Manual
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in x 9 in; 11.43 cm x 29.845 cm x 22.86 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanisms
- Typewriters
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_850027
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-7ac0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
