Underwood 5 Typewriter (1926)
SKU: B09
The Underwood 5
Year of production: 1926
Company: Underwood Typewriter Company , New York , USA.
Serial No. 2058273 (Good working order)
The Underwood 5 set the standard for all manual typewriters that came after it.
The Underwood was designed by Franz Wagner, who had earlier been involved with other models, such as the Densmore. Production was taken up by John Underwood, son of a typewriter ribbon manufacturer. The first Underwood appeared in 1895. It was not exactly the first 4-bank frontstrike typewriter in the market (that honor goes to the Daugherty), but it was in fact the first totally reliable one.
The Underwood 5, the machine that would dominate the market for three decades, appeared in 1901 and was a tremendous success.