Bidspirit auction | Typewriter ”Underwood”, QWERTY keyboard, year

Typewriter ”Underwood”, QWERTY keyboard, year of manufacture 1909/10 - Typewriter ”Underwood”, QWERTY keyboard, year of manufacture 1909/10 Typewriter with front stop and simple changeover, equipped with German type set, black iron casing. Manufacturer: Underwood Typewriter Co., USA, distribution: General-Vertreter Muggli, Frankfurt a. M., sales: Schreibmaschinenhandlung C. G. Zimmermann, Stuttgart (see pictures). The ”Underwood” is considered the ”mother of the modern typewriter” and was the model for many subsequent typewriters worldwide. Signs of age and use. Function not tested. Height: approx. 23 cm, depth: approx. 30 cm, width: approx. 39 cm. Total weight: 12.4 kg.