"The Underwood Typewriter Company is engaged in the business of manufacturing typewriters and kindred articles; in selling its product, and also certain accessories and supplies, which it purchases; and in repairing and [254 U.S. 113, 119] renting such machines. Its main office is in New York City. All its manufacturing is done in Connecticut."

"It has branch offices in other states for the sale, lease, and repair of machines and the sale of supplies, and it has one such branch office in Connecticut. All articles made by it-and some which it purchases-are stored in Connecticut until shipped direct to the branch offices, purchasers, or lessees."

Typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood (1857-1937).

Underwood emigrated from London, England to America as a teenager in 1873. He joined his father in business in John Underwood & Company. Beginning in that year, they pioneered the manufacture of typewriter supplies, carbon paper, and other accessories to support the early typewriters which were first manufactured commercially by E. Remington & Sons.

Underwood and his brother Frederick moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn a decade later. In 1895 he bought the patent to Franz X. Wagner’s invention of the "front-stroke" machine which, unlike previous models, enabled the typist to see what was being typed.

The new Underwood typewriter revolutionized the industry. By 1915, the Underwood factory in Hartford, Connecticut, was the largest of its kind in the world. A state-of-the-art Underwood typewriter was featured in the 1939 New York World’s Fair to represent the "World of Tomorrow."

	This is a 1.916 original handwritten letter from John T. Underwood. Click on it to see it larger   (Thanks to Paul Robert for the letter)
	How was the work of an 1.914 Underwood's employee? Click on the Factory Rules and Regulations to see it (Thanks to Paul Robert for the scans)
	A real time register card of Philip S. Quigley, a 1.914 Underwood's worker. Click on it to enlarge