Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Business machines |
Founded | 1895 |
Founder | John T. Underwood |
Defunct | 1963 |
Fate | Acquired by Olivetti (1959)[1] |
Headquarters | Manhattan, New York , U.S. |
Key people | Franz X. Wagner (inventor) |
Products | Typewriters |
Parent | Olivetti |
The Underwood Typewriter Company was an American manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New York City, with manufacturing facilities in Hartford, Connecticut. Underwood produced what is considered the first widely successful, modern typewriter. By 1939, Underwood had produced five million machines.[2]
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