I guess this is a good place to put this (Mods feel free to move).

The nice workers in the Central Office said the scanner isn't working. We had a little power outage so it isn't surprising things are not as they should be.

Anyway the scanner works and I thought this crowd might find this image interesting.

This is from The Illustrated London News, October 6, 1934.

May all you SWAN fans enjoy the graphic.

Todd

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Nice - thanks for that! I love my Swan.

I have yet to see, hold, or use one, but intend to.

How does the cost of the pen translate in today's money?

£1.00 in 1934 would seem like a fair old whack to pay out of the average paypacket .. at a guess something like a third to a fifth of weekly earnings (obviously higher ratio for some & lower for the better off)

Also interesting to compare $ to £ ratio ... what was it ? around 4$ to £1 back then ?? .. makes the US dollar pen a lot more affordable in the UK market.

In the 60's When I was 16 & started a summer job I was paid a magnificent £2 a week so this pen was way out of my league 30 years later

Just pointing out there's one for sale here.

Great old ad Todd! I'm trying to find one that I have from 1909, but it's buried here somewhere...will post if I find it.

Thanks!
DOC

I have one question to Swan enthusiasts! Our fellow member Hari317, has posted some picture of Swan pens (Swanwarwicks) manufactured in India.
Are there any relation with UK Swan pens and Indian manufacturer?
thanks for reading,
Abhik.