AAAndrew Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) The universities of Michigan and Cornell have collaborated for years on a project to digitize, and convert the images into searchable text, the contents of a tremendous amount (tens-of-thousands) of 19th-century books and magazine articles. They can be found at the University of Michigan Making of America site, and the Cornell University Making of America site. Last year I did a search for the term "fountain pen" and gathered a number of images resulting from that search. Many are advertisements, but some are short articles about fountain pens. I have also compiled under "Assorted" some references to the term "fountain pen" and the use of fountain pens outside these contexts. I hope you enjoy them and find them interesting. The quality of the image is highly dependent upon the original scan. I have shrunk them somewhat, but not by a lot. And I'm sure if you dig you can find a whole lot more I didn't just from the simple search of "fountain pen." The following are by pen manufacturer. Many of the images have more than one advertisement. I have tried to make sure that when a page does contain more than one, that it is listed under each manufacturer's name. You'll also see ads for typewriters, pencils, paper and other stuff that may be of interest. Barnes Steel Pen1897 Harpers ad for Barnes Steel Pens Carter's Ink1889 Scribner's Magazine ad for Carter's Sphinx ink1899 Century Magazine ad for Carter's Ocean of Ink S. D. Childs1901 Elementary School Journal ad for Childs Solid Gold Dollar Fountain Pen Cross Pen Co.1889 Scribner's Magazine ad for Cross Peerless fountain pen1889 Century Magazine ad for Cross Peerless fountain pen Crown 1892 Manufacturer and Builder Mag. Ad for Crown Fountain Pens1892 Manufacturer and Builder Mag. Article on How a fountain pen is made, page 1 of 21892 Manufacturer and Builder Mag. Article on How a fountain pen is made, page 2 of 2 Edison1897 Harpers Mag Edison Automatic Fountain Pen by C.W. Little ad Esterbrook1889 Century Magazine ad for Esterbrook Falcon dip pen point1899 Scribner's Mag Esterbrook dip pens ad1898 Harpers Mag Esterbrook dip pens ad Faber1905 Michiganisian (Univ. of Michigan) ad for Dr. Faber's Self Filling Fountain Pen Fairchild1887 History of the New York Stock Exchange ad for Leroy W. Fairchild 16K gold pens and fountain pen Gillott's Steel Pens1887 History of the New York Stock Exchange ad for Gillott's Steel Pens Goodspeed1869 Manufacturer and Builder Mag. ad for Goodspeeds Golden Fountain Pen Harrison and Bradford1869 Appleton's Journal ad for Harrison and Bradford's Steel (dip) pens with list of nibs, numbers and prices Hawkes1863 Scientific American ad for Gold Pens and Cases also "the best fountain pen in the world" by George F. Hawkes gotta look for this one Home PenIt's a pen review!! 1894 Manufacturer and Builder review of the Home Fountain Pen E. S. Johnson1869 Manufacturer and Builder Mag. ad for E.S. Johnson and Co's Gold (dip) Pens LaughlinDid you know "The Modern Man carries a fountain pen"?1898 Michiganisian (Univ. of Michigan) ad for the Laughlin Fountain Pen (from Detroit) Lincoln1896 Harper's Mag ad for Lincoln Fountain Pen Mabie Todd & Bard1902 Elementary School Journal ad for Mabie Todd and Bard Swan Fountain Pen MacKinnon1878 Manufacturer and Builder Mag ad-like, short article on a new fountain pen design by MacKinnon Moore's (American Fountain Pen Co.)1910 Elementary School Journal ad for Moore's Non-leakable Fountain penAnother 1910 Elementary School Journal ad for Moore's Non-leakable Fountain Pen Morse1868 Scientific American ad for Agents Wanted to sell the Morse Fountain Pen - 3 pages with one dipping! Moseley1859 pen review in Living Age Magazine of Moseley's Patent Fountain Pen Parker1898 Harpers Mag Lucky Curve ad Prince's Protean Fountain Pen (John S. Purdy Mfg)1856 New Englander and Yale Review pen review of the new Prince's Protean Fountain Pen1863 American Cyclopaedia article on pens, describes how gold pens are made and mentions Prince's Protean Fountain Pen1869 Appletons Journal ad for Prince's Improved Protean Fountain Pen1881 American Missionary Magazine ad for Prince's Improved fountain pen Queen1890 pen review in Manufacturer and Builder of the Queen Fountain Pen with a Morton Nib1890 Scribner's ad for the Queen Fountain Pen C. B. Rowley1887 Scribner's ad for 14k gold fountain pen, writes 10,000 words Shipman1889 Scribner's ad for Shipman fountain pen1890 Century Magazine ad for Shipman fountain pen plus three cool typewriter ads1890 Scribner's ad for Shipman fountain and stylographic pens1890 Scribner's ad for Shipman spiral feed fountain pens1891 Scribner's Magazine Shipman ad1891 Scribner's ad for Shipman1892 Scribner's ad for Shipman Star (J. Ullrich Mfg)1888 Overland Monthly ad for Star Fountain Pen1888 Scribner's ad for Star Gold Fountain Pen (agents wanted) Waterman1885 American Missionary ad for Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen1887 History of the New York Stock Exchange ad for Waterman Ideal1888 Scribners ad for Waterman Ideal, and mentions the Ideal Pocket pen holder/case1888 Scribners full-page Christmas ad for Waterman Ideal1889 Century Magazine ad for Waterman Ideal1889 Scribners ad for Waterman Ideal1890 Century Magazine ad for Waterman Ideal "Old Reliable"1890 Scribners ad For Christmas Waterman Ideal1890 Scribners ad for Waterman Ideal "Old Reliable"1891 Scribners ad for Waterman Ideal "Old Reliable"1891 Scribners full-page ad for Waterman Christmas1892 Scribners full-page ad for Waterman Christmas1892 Scribners Waterman Idea ad with spiral shape pen1893 Century Magazine ad for Waterman Ideal "A Sound Business Principle"1893 Scribners ad Waterman Ideal "the Pleasure of Writing"1895 Harpers ad for Waterman "Why Waste Time"1896 Century Magazine ad Waterman "Do you know?"1896 Harpers ad "Why Waste Time"1896 Scribners ad "Thousands have declared"1897 Century Magazine ad Waterman Why "Ideal"? claims largest FP mfg in the world1897 Century Magazine ad Waterman "Points"1897 Harper's ad "Best Things"1897 Harper's ad Waterman Ideal1898 Harpers ad for Waterman Ideal1898 Atlantic Monthly ad "Always All Write" with overlay pens1898 Century Magazine "The Best"1898 Century Magazine full-page "Always All Write"1898 Harpers Waterman "Don't Dip and Waste Time" ad1898 Harpers Waterman Christmas ad1899 Michiganensian Waterman ad 1899 Century Magazine ad for Waterman Ideal1900 American Review Waterman "Paris Gold Medal" ad1900 American Review Waterman "A Gift" ad1900 Atlantic Monthly Waterman "A Christmas Tip" ad1903 Michigenansian (Univ. of Michigan) Waterman "Honors for Graduates" ad1904 Elementary School Journal Waterman full-page "Travel" ad1904 Michigenansian (Univ. of Michigan) Waterman "School and College" ad1906 Michigenansian (Univ. of Michigan) Waterman "Standard of Excellence" first one with a clip1907 Michigenansian (Univ. of Michigan) Waterman "The World's Greatest Writers" ad Weller1865 Scientific American short article on the "Improved Fountain Pen" pat'd Sept 29, 1863 by Jos Weller Wirt1888 Illustrated New York full page ad HM Smith gold pens agent for Paul Wirt FP1889 Scribners Paul Wirt ad1890 Scribners Paul Wirt ad1890 Scribner's Paul Wirt ad "350,000 in use!"1891 Scribner's Mag Paul Wirt ad1891 Scribner's Mag Paul Wirt ad (another)1892 Scribner's minimal ad for Paul Wirt1902 Elementary School Journal Paul Wirt ad Wizard Ink Tablets1902 Elementary School Journal ad for Thomas A. Edison Jr. Chemical Co. ink tablets Assorted Other References17th-century use of the term from a book added to the UofM library1751 use of the term. In an 1857 issue of Putnam's Monthly it lists a student's inventory from 17511830's Joseph Saxton invented a fountain pen (from a biographical encyclopedia)1839 Princeton Review uses "fountain pen" to refer to a prolific writer1846 Scientific American - White's Fountain Pen seeking a patent1847 Scientific American - Claim by Walter Hunt of a filling tube of graduated capacity, seeking a patent1848 Scientific American - Lyman and Baldwin patent Sept 19 1848 of a rubber sac to hold the ink in a pen1849 Scientific American - E. Jordan claims an improvement on a continuous feed of ink to the pen from the "fountain"1852 Scientific American - Chas Cleveland claims improvements to valves in a FP for the admission of air and regulating the ink flow1853 Scientific American - in response Mr. J. McC. of NY, They have a fountain pen in their possession imported from England in 1846 that's constructed along your lines. In other words, what you're claiming in your "improvements" have been around since 1846. And this shows they had a fountain pen made in England in 1846. 1855 Scientific American - announcing "last week" a patent was award to HK McClellan for a rubber sac to hold the ink, and a small piece of sponge to act as a feed. Edited June 26, 2015 by AAAndrew “When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928Check out my Steel Pen Blog. "No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."-Montaigne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirchh Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Thanks for taking the time and effort to compile and post all this valuable information. It is appreciated. --Daniel "The greatest mental derangement is to believe things because we want them to be true, not because we observe that they are in effect." --Jacques-Bénigne BossuetDaniel KirchheimerSpecialty Pen RestorationAuthorized Sheaffer/Parker/Waterman Vintage Repair CenterPurveyor of the iCroScope digital loupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAndrew Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) I hope it's at least interesting, if not useful. It was a labor of fascination. I'm happy to add others if people send me the links. Oh, and if you find mistakes in links, or whatever, just let me know. This was a lot of back and forth and I'm sure I got confused in places. Edited June 26, 2015 by AAAndrew “When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928Check out my Steel Pen Blog. "No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."-Montaigne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainweevil Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Mabie Todd & Bard1902 Elementary School Journal ad for Mabie Todd and Bard Swan Fountain Pen That's a good 'un! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this, AAAndrew; much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Falcon Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The universities of Michigan and Cornell have collaborated for years on a project to digitize, and convert the images into searchable text, the contents of a tremendous amount (tens-of-thousands) of 19th-century books and magazine articles. They can be found at the University of Michigan Making of America site, and the Cornell University Making of America site. Last year I did a search for the term "fountain pen" and gathered a number of images resulting from that search. Many are advertisements, but some are short articles about fountain pens. I have also compiled under "Assorted" some references to the term "fountain pen" and the use of fountain pens outside these contexts. I hope you enjoy them and find them interesting. The quality of the image is highly dependent upon the original scan. I have shrunk them somewhat, but not by a lot. And I'm sure if you dig you can find a whole lot more I didn't just from the simple search of "fountain pen." -[sNIPPED]- Many thanks for this. Just had a look at one or two and they are a really fascinating read. Thanks again. WTT: My Lamy 2000 Fine nib for your Lamy 2000 Broad nib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flummoxed Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Fascinating! I was looking at this: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1435335062__1868_scientific_american_ad_for_agents_wanted_to_sell_morse_fountain_pen.jpg Below the Emerson's Circular Saws Patent, you have an ad for,"3000 to 5000 USD wanted to construct an aerial car" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAndrew Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Man, they've been looking to build the flying car for a while. Of they're looking for a cable car. But in Flint, there are no mountains more than 50 feet or so, which kind of leaves off the cable car. Hmmmmm. I love the old ads. I would love to find out more about Shipman. About all I think I know is that Asa Shipman loaned LE Waterman some money early on and Waterman sold his pens out of the back of Shipman's store for a while. But after a falling out Shipman ended up with one of Waterman's patents and began selling the pens himself. These must be the "Spiral Feed" pens that have so many advertisements. I can't seem to find any info on Shipman beyond that. I also can't seem to find a picture of one of the pens. Anyone? “When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928Check out my Steel Pen Blog. "No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."-Montaigne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delano Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I love these old ads. But as I was reading the reviews and other articles, I began to miss the fact that I never knew the days where magazines had more words than pictures, and the articles were well written and informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAAndrew Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 I ran across a few others. These I'll have to put the pictures up. They're all from the May, 1905 issue of The Business Man's Magazine and The Book-Keeper. A "Parker" Pen given away with "Physical Culture" magazine A "Standard Self-filling Fountain Pen" ad And an ad for a pen I've not heard of, a Kegrize Pen “When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928Check out my Steel Pen Blog. "No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."-Montaigne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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