7, Eagle's Eagles,

[rhr]

Here's a tantalizing sample of the eagle images used by the Eagle Pencil Co. There are 25 trademarks and designs, and that's just the ones that I found before 1911. There are more after 1911 in volume 2. I list them all in the cross-referenced, annotated trademark entries in both volumes of the book. There are also a few more eagle images used by other companies, such as trademark no. 1 mentioned earlier in this series, but here are just three of the Eagle trademarks and a design patent.

 

The Eagle Pencil Co. received a design patent for the use of the image of an eagle in 1860 when there wasn't a trademark system yet, and they didn't trademark the image till 1877. Design no. 1,230 by Joseph Rosenthal, "Design For Stamping On Lead Pencils", Apr 3, 1860, assigned to Joseph Reckendorfer of the Eagle Pencil Co., is for the name "Eagle" and an image of an eagle with outstretched wings. This is the image that became the company's early logo, but without any arrows, or olive branches, or pens in its talons, as it later had. The first Eagle Pencil Co. trademark, no. 05262, Oct 23, 1877, used since 1876, is for the word "Eagle" and an image of an eagle holding three arrows or spears on the left and an olive branch on the right, shown stamped on a pencil. Trademark no. 65196, Sept 10, 1907, used since 1879, shows the same image, but enlarged and more clearly visible. There are other images that show the eagle flying and holding nothing, or holding three arrows only and no olive branch, or pencils and penholders in its beak and talons, and even holding the rounded lump of a rubber eraser.

 

Almost all of the marks involve little arrows or spears, but here's a slightly different one from 1908, but said to be used since 1890. Trademark no. 71047 is for the word "Spear", but with the letters constructed of little spearheads, or arrowheads, so that the letters look like they have little arrowhead-shaped serifs.

 

George Kovalenko.

 

 

If you want to perform the trademark searches yourselves, simply cut and paste, or type the trademark numbers into the search window in the Registration Certificate Portlet. --G.

Edited May 1, 2010 by rhr