Yes, I know this is a very old post. I tried to look at a picture of whatever that was. There wasn't a picture on that site anymore. And something was mentioned about an automatic paper feeder. But what struck my curiosity is the title--early Underwood electric. Was someone wondering about one? Does someone own one and would like to show it off? Well, here's where I throw my coins in the fountain: The earliest Underwrood electric I know of was the SX-80 of 1947. It was a big, mean hoss of a typewriter. It was not very graceful, as it skittered to the side about two inches each time one of the huge return bars on either side of the keyboard was pressed. But it was a good printer. I just happen to have such a typewriter, but it fell out of repair. I used it a very long time ago in college. I bought it at the flea market in 1988 for $12.00. I am going to see if I can whup it back into shape and paint it up. I will tell you it is a very interesting machine--one that borrows a lot of its technology from the Remington and Underwood Noiseless typewriters, although it's far from being a noiseless machine itself. They made 'em this way well into the 1950s.
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