The catalog states that all Model 4’s have 76 character sets, and all Model 5’s have 84 character sets.
https://typewriterdatabase.com/1912-underwood-western-union-special.3619.typewriter
The catalog states that all Model 4’s have 76 character sets, and all Model 5’s have 84 character sets.
https://typewriterdatabase.com/1912-underwood-western-union-special.3619.typewriter
Spotted in Finding Forrester (2000) Forrester and Jamal are both typing on Underwood typewriters. The brighter one is a Underwood Five and the darker one is a Underwood SX-100.
Ron's Typewriter - YouTube<br /> by [[Parks and Recreation]] <br /> accessed on 2025-10-06T22:09:41
Underwood Touchmaster 5 Typewriter Tabulator Decelerator Demo Operation by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]
For those who have an Underwood 5 typewriter as featured in the movie Finding Forrester (Columbia Pictures, 2000), it bears saying that Forrester (Sean Connery) would admonish you to:
Forrester: No thinking - that comes later. You must write your first draft with your heart. You rewrite with your head. The first key to writing is... to write, not to think!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181536/quotes
In this quote from Finding Forrester (Columbia Pictures, 2000) Forrester (portrayed by Sean Connery) turns the idea that writing is thinking on its head.
William Saroyan’s Underwood typewriter, as seen inside the Saroyan archive on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. Charles Russo/SFGATE
