12, The Easy Writer,

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Trademark no. 08790, Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co., "Metallic Pens", Oct 25, 1881, used since 1874, is for the name "Easy Writer" and the number "130". Trademark no. 09536, Le Roy W. Fairchild, "Fountain-Pens", July 11, 1882, used since 1882, is for an image of a fountain pen with the name "Ready Writer" stamped on it, a name taken from Psalm 45:1. Also see US patent no. 8,977, and UK patent no. 2,978 in 1859. This US trademark, the first for a fountain pen, didn't appear until 1882, when the fountain pen business was just starting to take off and become competitive and a going concern, and while they were still just trying to figure out mass marketing, and how advertizing was done, and how to be modern. Later, in the early 1900s, Ormiston & Glass also had a stylo called the "Ready Writer". Trademark no. 45856, Charles E. Browning, "Fountain-Pens", Aug 29, 1905, used since June 28, 1892, is for the word "Rapid Writer". Trademark no. 09509, Benjamin Lawrence, "Steel Pens", July 4, 1882, used since May 1, 1882, is for the name "Expeditious Writer", but it's not quite as catchy as the other names. ;~)

 

George Kovalenko.

 

 

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