Overleaf from this full-page magazine ad was one with another "Golden Touch" - but it wasn't an Underwood typewriter. It was an Antares portable, nowadays best known as the Underwood 18 (as well as the Underwood 19 and 10 and, with minor cosmetic changes, elsewhere as the Antares Domus or Antares Annabella). Here it is being advertised as the Underwood Diplomat. Olivetti already owned Antares at this point.
It is interesting to see that Underwood, not Olivetti, was still advertising these portables - more so because at the same time they include an Olivetti-owned Carlo Grassi design. I must say I have never seen an Underwood Diplomat, but I have seen enough Underwood 18s to last several lifetimes.
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5 comments:
ahh yes. The last of the true Underwoods. I have a '57 De Luxe Quiet Tab that I like very much, and I think it's a little sad that Underwood's design basically got tossed in the skip after 1960. It's really a nice machine. (:
I've never seen an Underwood Diplomat, either.
But I have actually owned an Add-Mate, the "phone-sized" electric adding machine advertised with the Diplomat. It was given to me by the thoughtful folks who keep track of Xavier's equipment when they were getting rid of some antiquated things. I ended up passing it on to a collector of adding machines, since that isn't my personal obsession.
Interesting post from that transitional period. My underwood 18 is my go-to bikecaster. It's in pristine condition and fits just fine on the rack.
I inherited a diplomat from my grandfather. Before that I had never used or owned a typewriter, but I'm finding it very hard to just find information on this typewriter. However I like it very much. Whenever I can I try to use it. I like to practice my writing skills on it, because a typewriter does not have spell check and other various perks I think this, at least for me, is a great practice for my personal writing skill set. I was hoping anyone might be able to link any more information on the diplomat? I'm not looking to get rid of it or anything I'd just like more information such as cleaning, supplies, how to take it apart and put it back together, just normal stuff. That would be swell. Cheers!
I inherited a diplomat from my grandfather. Before that I had never used or owned a typewriter, but I'm finding it very hard to just find information on this typewriter. However I like it very much. Whenever I can I try to use it. I like to practice my writing skills on it, because a typewriter does not have spell check and other various perks I think this, at least for me, is a great practice for my personal writing skill set. I was hoping anyone might be able to link any more information on the diplomat? I'm not looking to get rid of it or anything I'd just like more information such as cleaning, supplies, how to take it apart and put it back together, just normal stuff. That would be swell. Cheers!
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