[2] In 1874, the Underwood family made typewriter ribbon and carbon paper, and was among a number of firms that produced these goods for Remington.

[3] When Remington decided to start producing ribbons themselves, the Underwoods opted to manufacture typewriters.

Philip Dakin Wagoner was appointed president of the Elliott-Fisher Company after World War I (1914-1918).

The typewriter was on display at Garden Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for several years and attracted large crowds.

[12] Olivetti bought a controlling interest in Underwood in 1959, and completed the merger in October 1963, becoming known in the U.S. as Olivetti-Underwood with headquarters in New York City, and entering the electromechanical calculator business.

By the 1970s and 1980s, the typewriter market had matured under the market dominance of large companies from Britain, Europe and the United States — but before the advent of daisy wheel and electronic machines — Underwood and the other major manufacturers faced strong competition from typewriters from Asia, including Brother Industries and Silver Seiko Ltd. of Japan.

[13] Some writers who had endorsed with Underwood typewriters such as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Robert E.