Underwood Standard Typewriter, No. 5., Used by George Washington Carver at the Tuskegee Institute, 1930-1933

This typewriter is an Underwood No. 5 manual typewriter, a common typewriter found in offices and laboratories all over America during the early 20th century. But this typewriter was used by George Washington Carver in his laboratory at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Carver probably typed scientific reports and agricultural bulletins on this typewriter -- he generally preferred to write personal letters by hand.