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23 September 2018

The Great Iron Hunt




927 Underwood Standard 4 Bank

3 comments:

  1. Wow, that's pretty blue paint on that Underwood portable.

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  2. That’s a pretty blue! Is that original? I’d imagine that was the latest and greatest. Much like being able to choose a color for your iPhone today!

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  3. From what I understand, Most typewriter were issued in their standard color - black. What was it Henry Ford said? You can have this car in any color you want, as long as it's black. Or something to that effect.

    Apparently older typewriters were of the same ilk. Sometimes a unit would show up in a unique color. Not sure what the reason was... may a sales ploy to get more units out in the public market.

    So, back to your original question, yes, this is the original color. And... speaking of colors... note that the "H" key is yellowed and all the rest are white. If I were Sherlock Holmes I would surmise that the owner smoked cigarettes. The index finger of his left hand would be stained with tar resins and thus transferred to the "H" key.

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