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The Underwood 4-Bank Standard Portable was a series of typewriters produced by [[Underwood]] from 1925 through to 1938.  
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The Underwood 4-Bank Standard Portable was the first portable typewriter produced by [[Underwood]].
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{{TyperInfo|Underwood Standard 4-Bank Portable|Alfred Gustav Franz Kurowski|UW4B.png|A first-year Underwood 4-Bank.|[[Underwood]]|[[Manual]] [[Portable]]|1925-1938|Succeeded by the [[Champion]], [[Universal]], and later designs.| None}}
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{{TyperInfo|Underwood Standard 4-Bank Portable|Alfred Gustav Franz Kurowski|UW4B.png|A first-year Underwood 4-Bank.|[[Underwood]]|[[Manual]] [[Portable]]|1925-1938|Succeeded by the [[Champion]], [[Universal]], and later designs.| None|Featured in [[Violet Evergarden]]}}
  
 
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==History==
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As a result of the 1920 [[Remington Portable No. 1]] -- the first portable typewriter with 4 rows of keys-- making the existing [[Underwood 3-Bank Standard Portable]] somewhat obsolete, Underwood decided to develop a portable typewriter with 4 rows of keys. Underwood designer Kurowski was told to develop a portable typewriter similar to the 3-Bank portable design.
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==Mechanisms==
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==Notes and Misc./Reference List==
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https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2011/11/underwood-portable-typewriters-1919.html

Revision as of 06:43, 27 May 2022

The Underwood 4-Bank Standard Portable was the first portable typewriter produced by Underwood.

Underwood Standard 4-Bank Portable

Inventor:Alfred Gustav Franz Kurowski
UW4B.png
A first-year Underwood 4-Bank.
General Information
Company: Underwood
Type: Manual Portable
Produced: 1925-1938
Fate: Succeeded by the Champion, Universal, and later designs.
Rebrands: None
Notes: Featured in Violet Evergarden


History

As a result of the 1920 Remington Portable No. 1 -- the first portable typewriter with 4 rows of keys-- making the existing Underwood 3-Bank Standard Portable somewhat obsolete, Underwood decided to develop a portable typewriter with 4 rows of keys. Underwood designer Kurowski was told to develop a portable typewriter similar to the 3-Bank portable design.

Mechanisms

Notes and Misc./Reference List

https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2011/11/underwood-portable-typewriters-1919.html

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