History
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Cantor Lectures 1905
Reservoir, Stylographic, and Fountain Pens. by James P. Maginnis. Lecture delivered February 6, 1905.
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American Stationer
Issues of the American Stationer are available on archive.org 1874 April 6 – 1874 Dec 23 1875 Jan 8 – 1876 Jan 8 1878 Jan 3 – 1878 Dec 26...
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Conklin Catalogues 1929 – 1937
Link to archive.org
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Manufacture of Waterman pens
Two articles from the journal Machinery in December 1911 and January 1912 describing the process of manufacturing the barrels and nibs of Waterman pens. The screenshots are links to the...
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Richard C. Conner’s Penspotters
Richard Conner shut down his website because he was sick and tired of the resulting spam and abuse (see the current message at www.rickconner.net.- but, thankfully in this case, the...
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Waterman’s in Canada
I love the link to a Google Street View of the St. Lambert factory, which is now an apartment building – with the Waterman’s logo still above the front door…
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Miller advertisements
Advertisements from “Aarets Bøger” (The Year’s Books) from H. Bødtcher-Jensen Book and Music store in Nyborg.
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Imprint and Trace
I’m currently reading “Imprint and Trace: Handwriting in the Age of Technology” by Sonja Neef, and I can recommend it highly. It’s not an easy read – but it’s wonderfully...