Just got a 1914 Underwood, and it has a decal saying it was rebuilt by Shipman Ward.
Its strange because I'm dissembling it, and the type bar rest says Aug, 18, 1903....

TypewriterGuy wrote:

Just got a 1914 Underwood, and it has a decal saying it was rebuilt by Shipman Ward.
Its strange because I'm dissembling it, and the type bar rest says Aug, 18, 1903....

What's the strange part?
 

There are myriad scenarios that could account for it: the original part could have been replaced at some point (before, after, or even during) the rebuild with one from another machine; the part could have been brand new and installed as an OEM part; the part could be original to the machine and the time stamp only an indicator of when it was originally designed as opposed to when it was made; the part could be original, and manufactured in 1903, when enough of them were made to supply models for many years.

Considering the typewriter has been around for over a century, who knows how many people have tinkered with it (yourself being the latest), and I don't see anything strange about finding that date stamp in it. As long as there have been typewriters, there have been people repairing, modifying, and restoring/refurbishing them. And cannibalizing one machine to fix another is certainly not a recent phenomenon. 

Uwe wrote:

Repartee wrote:

I can see them even not logged on to Typewriter Talk and Uwe apparently can see them - but maybe not for everybody

Like fingertapper, I don't see a photo in post #814 either. Actually, a number of your recent posts with photos aren't displaying them. I had offered to help in reply to one of them, but then assumed that I was the only one not able to see your photos since no one else was complaining about it. 
 

Sorry. I missed that reply. I did notice you had linked the photos on my first recent post which I had been unable to figure out, but perhaps I then skipped some other step.

Is this one visible?

TypewriterGuy wrote:

Yes, it is

Excelsior!