Annnnnnnndddd here it is! Its a lot cleaner then it looks.... Ignore the background.

This is what keyboards looked like before 1878, when Remington introduced a model with double-character type bars and shift keys.  I can't tell, but is this one a visible writer, or do you have to lift the platen assembly to see what you've typed?  Looks like the latter, judging from the picture.

Well, it wouldn't do too well even in a 1920s secretarial pool where typists need to see their copy as it's being made.  That was why Underwood was so popular--they were the first commercially successful manufacturers of a visible writer.  That and their dogged durability made them a legend.

If your still wondering, you have to take off the front rail thing with the arrow in front of the carriage. There are two ball bearings, or one, and I cannot remember. Don't lose them. Slide it out while tilting the carriage upwards. Now you can work the carriage off to the right I think it is. Be careful! It may grind a bit on the escarpment, if so tilt it until it doesnt.

Things are progressing relatively well. I popped the top off, and have been trying to clean out the rusted keys and hammer mechanisms with a heavy dose of PB Blaster, wire brushes, and a whole lot of patience. Already things are moving in a way I'm sure they haven't in at least 80 years, since I found this rusted heap in a barn in central Pennsylvania. I've pulled out the remnants of the old, extra-wide ribbon, and I'm thinking that I'll cut out the rotten sections and try to re-ink the rest of it, rather than try to fashion a brand new ribbon. This is SO much more work than any other restoration project I've ever done, and I'm hoping it'll be worth it in the end. I've got the typewriter, the original metal cover, and a few months ago, I picked-up a rusted cast-iron skeleton of an old Smith Premier typewriter stand. If I can get all of this together, and operational, it'll be simply gorgeous!!!