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I just received a wonderful 1927 magazine advertisement for the Carter Pen. I have two of these beautiful pens (as well as a ringtop), and the ad provides some interesting detail. I'm not sure if advertising back then was as deceptive as it can be now, but I'm going to believe what I read here ;)

http://home.comcast.net/~wildblueink/carterad.jpg

 

A closeup of the description for easy reading:

http://home.comcast.net/~wildblueink/cartertext.jpg

 

I'll try to take some decent photos of the pens to share in the photo forum later.

When there's nothing to lose and nothing to win

Ain't nothing like a brand new fountain pen

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Unbreakable, eh? ;) Hmmmmmm......

 

I love the ad; thanks for posting it here, Elizabeth.

Carter's ink bottles had some nice drawings of various animals (cats & kittens, birds, beavers, fish, etc.) on them. I love the ads for their ink too:

http://www.junkbunny.net/pens/carterink.jpg

http://www.junkbunny.net/pens/carters_ink2.jpg

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Unbreakable? Trust it but don't test it, Elizabeth!

 

Not to be crass, but I wonder about what some of the subtext may be in your ad. "Just Married," "Starting out Right," the blushing bride and leering bellboy...hmmm....

 

Ads are a great window into vintage pens and these three are greats. I have one of the kitten ads, taken from Life magazine as well.

 

Love your new avatar, Maja--that's one cute wire hair fox!

 

Dan

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Love your new avatar, Maja--that's one cute wire hair fox!

 

Dan

Hi Dan,

I had some computer "issues" and I missed seeing your post when I logged back on (I think I had 3 pages of new posts to look at!)

Thanks for the compliment; that's 'Dharma', one of my parents' two w-h fox terriers (Chandler is the other one...the "nice" one :lol: )

I love your avatar of 'Red Girl', your lovely Irish Terrier; what a nice photo---that intelligent face with those always-ready-for-fun-or-mischief eyes... Terriers are great dogs!

 

Take care,

Maja

 

P.S. Hey, Elizabeth, don't you have a Jack Russell terrier or two?

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I remember having a magazine advert from when the Parker Duofold was re-issued. It was of the pen lying on a beautiful art deco desk. I lost it somewhere, much to my regret. I would love to have it now.

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Hi Elizabeth, Maja,

 

Thanks for sharing those ads. I always love to see them. They're great fun.

 

Kind regards, Wim

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