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Wearever Advertising On Railway Express Agency Trucks C1946-1947


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Hi, Folks!

In August, 2015, after a trip to the Washington, D.C. Pen Show, I was contacted by Tom Heath, who furnished several photos showing Wearever advertising campaigns in the 1930s and 1940s. One set represented a campaign on the sides of Railway Express Agency delivery trucks in New York City by for the newest Wearever pen lines. Tom and I won't be able to meet again until this year's D.C. Pen Show, so I needed to do some forensic research as I was not familiar with two of the pen sets shown on the trucks. The really interesting surprise was one of the ads shows a Wearever capped ballpoint! You never know what mysteries unfold from the side of a delivery truck!
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Interesting. And something to think about next time you're on the street and see a lonely street photographer documenting this age!

 

Hey, I do that! I get some odd looks from people who can't figure out what I'm taking a photograph of.

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