Continuing with featured typewriters, I present today's machine: a 1918 Underwood #4. This typewriter (serial #1065013) is perhaps the most meaningful of my collection, as it has been in the family the longest. Family lore has it that my grandmother used it long ago to write a sort of community gossip column for her local newspaper. I first became aware of the machine when it was on static display at my parent's Ozarks vacation house in the 1990s. I inherited it soon thereafter and got it back into working condition. Since then, it has served me well as a daily typer for my correspondence. This model and it's more common #5 version were made in astonishingly large numbers and are a common typewriter even today. They are remarkably hardy and with a little care can continue to be used into their second century.
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| Underwood #4 |
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