General Information

Serial #

1591367

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY/ RUBBER FEET & ROLLER/ SYNTHETIC KEY COVERS, SPACEBAR & KNOBS (BAKELITEKNOBS)/ PAPER KEY LETTERS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

30.5 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

24.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

UNDERWOOD

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO PRODUCE LEGIBLE, QUICK MECHANICAL WRITING

Technical

THE UNDERWOOD WAS THE FIRST VISIBLE WRITER WHICH STILL HAD ALL OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE BLIND MACHINES. FIRST MACHINE (?) TO HAVE TAB KEY AS PART OF TYPEWRITER & NOT EXTRA ATTACHMENT. THE NO. 5 WAS POSSIBLY THE MOST POPULAR UNDERWOOD PRODUCT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'UNDERWOOD' APPEARS TWICE/ FRONT OF FRAME 'NO. 5 UNDERWOOD STANDARD TYPEWRITER NO.5'/ STICKER ON FRONT 'McGILL/ TYPEWRITER/ CO.,/ N. MARTINEAU/ & FILS/ MONTREAL'/ PATENT DATES LISTED ON BACK: MAY 23, 1905; JAN. 30, 1906; FEB. 20, 1906; MAY 22, 1906; +23,201; AUG. 14, 1906; DEC. 11, 1906; DEC. 25,1906; APR. 2, 1907; MAY 14, 1907; APR. 7, 1908; JUNE 22, 1909; JULY 27, 1909; AUG. 10, 1909; AUG. 17, 1909; OCT. 5, 1909; APR. 5, 1910; MAY 24, 1910; JUNE 14, 1910; JUNE 21, 1910; JAN. 24, 1911; MAR. 14, 1911; MAY 2, 1911; FEB. 5, 1912; APR. 8, 1913; JUNE 3, 1913; JULY 1, 1913; AUG. 3, 1913; DEC. 22, 1914; JAN. 12, 1915; JULY 27, 1915; AUG. 17, 1915; APR. 17, 1917; MAY 8, 1917/ BELOW LIST OF DATES IS 'ALSO PATENTED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES./ MANUFACTURED BY UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., INC. U.S.A./ PATENTS PENDING'/ CALIBRATED SCALE, UPPER FRONT EDGE NUMBERED 0-90 (RIGHT-LEFT) & 0-45 (LEFT-RIGHT), READS 'COPYRIGHT 1895 UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO.INC.'/ ON RIGHT HAND SIDE IS ENGRAVED '1591367'/ KEYBOARD MARKINGS: Top row keys: ‘BACK SPACER/ "2/ /3/ $4/ %5/ -6/ &7/ ‘8/ (9/ )0/ *_/ TABULAR KEY'; 2nd row keys: ‘Q/ W/ E/ R/ T/ Y/ U/ I/ O/ P'; 3rd row keys: ‘A/ S/ D/ F/ G/ H J/ K/ L/ :;/ ^\/ SHIFT LOCK'; Bottom row keys: ‘SHIFT KEY/ Z/ X/ C/ V/ B/ N/ M/ ?,/ ../ çé/ SHIFT KEY'.

Missing

NO RIBBON

Finish

PAINTED BLACK BODY, GOLD-COLOURED LETTERING/ STICKER ON FRONT RED WITH GOLD & BLACK/ FRONT SCALE BLACK WITH BUFF & RED MARKINGS/ SILVER-COLOURED WORKING PARTS, CHROME-LIKE FINISH ON HARDWARE

Decoration

DRAWING OF TYPEWRITER SUPERIMPOSED OVER A YELLOW & BLUE 'U' & 'T' TOGETHER