Connecticut = Typewriters...We had Royal and Underwood.Many Aunts and Uncles retired from both before the companies folded.
In 1967, when I was 12 years old and on summer vacation, I taught myself how to type on my mom’s 1930s Underwood, using her textbook from secretarial school. A fond memory!
*sigh*
My dad was an engineer for Underwood for many years. [he held 6 patents for them]. When Olivetti bought them out .....he lost his job .....which was devastating for the family....but he bounced back. If that happened in today’s market...It would have been more troublesome.
I mourn the loss of all the incredible manufacturing we had in Connecticut.
“The modern typewriter is the product of American inventive genius, coupled with the foresight, ability and aggressiveness of the American manufacturer, and supported by the confidence of the American capitalist. It stands as an industrial monument to the American commercial spirit which has in a few decades made the institutions of this country the marvel of the world.” - The Banker’s Magazine