The 14-ton Giant Underwood Master at the New York World's Fair 1940

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $13.95

Stock #:775702
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: New York
State: New York (NY)
Publisher: Colourpicture Publication
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
This huge machine, weighting 14 tons, is 1,728 times larger than the regular Underwood Master. It required 3 years to build. Each typebar weighs 45 pounds and the carriage alone weighs 3,500 pounds. Letters are typed on "stationery" measuring 9 x 12 feet, and the ribbon in the machine is 100 feet long and five inches wide. Two box cars were required to transport the Giant to the World's Fair.

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