Parker Posts
1914. The Parkers’ trip.
1914. THE PARKERS’ TRIP GEORGE S. PARKER REVIEWS JOURNEY TO FOREIGN SOIL. Compiled by Daniel Zazove & Ramon Campos. In 1914 Mr. and Mrs. George S. Parker, accompanied by…
Parker Trench Pen
THE PARKER TRENCH A PEN DESIGNED FOR THE WAR FRONT By Daniel Zazove & Ramón Campos. THE PARKER INK TABLETS AS PREAMBLE. Ink Tablets are closely associated with fountain pen…
Paul Ressinger
PAUL M. RESSINGER «BEST DESIGNER IN AMERICAN» By Daniel Zazove & Ramón Campos. Judged “Best in American” by the American Management Association and “Noted Style Authority” by the Parker Pen…
William E. Moore
WILLIAM EDGAR MOORE PARKER PEN WASHER CLIP DESIGNER By Daniel Zazove & Ramón Campos. William Edgar Moore came to work at the Parker Pen Co. in 1902. George S. Parker…
Catalogos Parker Pen 1935 & 1936
1935 PARKER PEN CATALOG 1935 Parker insert 5219-E, promoting Parker Vacumatic laminated styles, and Junior models. PARKERGRAMS AUGUST 26, 1935 The Parker Pen Company. Janesville, Wisconsin. Eight pages in full…
Parker Pen Designers
THE PARKER PEN CO. DESIGN & DESIGNERS LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY. By Daniel Zazove & Ramón Campos. László Moholy-Nagy was a seminal figure in the development of modern art and design in…
Catalogo Parker Pen 1936 & Desk Sets
1936 PARKERGRAMS AND CATALOG. Published by The Parker Pen Company. September 1, 1936 (illustrated on the cover in the new De Luxe Set Box 228) New $10.00 No. 38 Senior…
Catálogos Parker 1905-1906
1905 PARKER CATALOG The citation to the Louisiana World’s Fair Gold Medal, awarded in November 1904, the presence of Falcon and #28 models, which appeared during the first half of…
Parker History
Parker Pen Co. history & chronology CHAPTER I. 1891-1899. MYERS GRAND OPERA HOUSE FACTORY. By Daniel A. Zazove and Ramon Campos. George Safford Parker in 1892. Preamble. The first time…
Catalogo Parker 1928
1928 PARKER CATALOG PENS, PENCILS, AND DESK SETS. Really, a second 1927 Parker Pen catalog, to which in 1928 was added a page with the Parker Duofold «Pearl and Ebony»…
Parker Duofold Mandarin Yellow english
Parker duofold JOURNAL OF AN INSIDER* By Daniel Zazove & Ramón Campos April 20, 1927. We are giving a notice in regard to the new number that is coming out…
Catálogos Parker 1900-1903
1900 PARKER CATALOG In late 1898 the Parker Pen Co. purchased the four-story McKey block property for $9,500 with the intent to refurbish their upper floors. In the middle of…
Parker Pen Co. and Boris Artzybasheff’s Hands english.
Parker Pen Co. and Boris Artzybasheff’s hands. THE HANDS OF AN ARTIST By Daniel Zazove & Ramón Campos. The simplest and most direct way to publicize a product is to…
Waterman vs Parker lawsuits
WATERMAN VS. PARKER LAWSUITS PARKER’S COUNTERATTACK “There has been so much haze and mist thrown around the subject of Fountain Pen patents by those who have been interested in so…
Parker Duofold in Saturday Evening Post
PARKER DUOFOLD IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST The Parker Pen Co., who had been publishing black and white ads in the Saturday Evening Post since 1900 and, with a couple…
Antecedents to Parker’s pen first patent
Antecedents to Parker’s pen first patent PEN PATENTS OF CLARENCE WALLACE TAYLOR, OF JANESVILLE, WI. Geo. S. Parker enrolls in the Valentines’ School of Telegraphy in Janesville, where he proved…
Parker 47 improvement
PARKER 47 IMPROVEMENTS IN PENS In 1927, taking advantage of the feather-wight touch nib presenting, the Parker Pen Co. announced the achievement of 47 Major Improvements in their fountain pens,…
Catalogo Parker 1932
1932 PARKER CATALOG Geo. S. Parker has made 47 major improvements in fountain pens. Parker Duofold Pens and Pencils. Moderne Pearl, Green and Black. The beauty of these new Parker…
Catalogo Parker 1916
1916 PARKER CATALOG THE STORY OF PARKER LUCKY CURVE. BOOKLET COURTESY OF GRAHAM R. JASPER. Based in this 44 page plus covers booklet. Although it is undated, the existence of…
Catalogo Parker 1941
1941 PARKER CATALOG THE JEWELS OF PENDOM NEW PARKER «51» PENS. IMPERIAL VACUMATIC PENS. LAMINATED PEARL VACUMATIC PENS. SAC AND SACLESS DUOFOLD PENS. PARKER WRITEFINE PENCILS. PARKER DESK-PEN SETS. PARKER…
Catalogo Parker 1937-1938
1937 PARKER PEN CATALOG THE WORLD’S FOREMOST LINE OF QUALITY WRITING EQUIPMENT NEW JEWEL CASE. Designed in Plastic by one of America’s most famous Silversmiths, includes with Pen and Pencil…
Catalogo Parker 1930
1930 PARKER CATALOG PARKER DUOFOLD PENS, PENCILS, AND DESK SETS. Back of each Parker product shown on the following pages is over 35 years of Mr. Geo. S. Parker’s personal…
Catalogo Parker 1925
1925 PARKER CATALOG RIVAL THE BEAUTY OF THE SCARLET TANAGER Original Catalog courtesy of Tsachi Mitsenmacher. 8 Men Out of 10 Picked the Parker Duofold Blindfold. Because of their inherent…
Mortadelo Parker of La Mancha-english
MORTADELO «PARKER» of LA MANCHA Mortadelo de la Mancha inside his original bol (courtesy of Antonio Gonzalez Serrano. Barcelona) In 1980 the Parker Pen Co. joined the ingenuity of Francisco…
Catalogo Parker 1934
1934 PARKER CATALOG THE PARKER PEN COMPANY An important page in Parker’s Progress. Just as every depression in history has resulted in the removal of the «deed wood of industry,»…
Catalogo Parker 1929 I
1929 PARKER CATALOG THE GREATEST NAME IN PENS, PARKER 1929 Catalog. Parker Pens, Pencils and Desk Sets. Printed in March 1929, it was sent to the Parker dealers in June…
Catalogo Parker 1927
1927 PARKER CATALOG THE GREATEST NAME IN PENS, PARKER The Parker Pen Factory is located in Janesville, Wis., 90 miles northwest of Chicago. It has occupied a number of sites…
Parker pen catalog 1918
1918 PARKER PEN CATALOG 1918 Parker pen catalog hardcover edition. Courtesy of Tsachi Mitsenmacher. 1918 Parker pen catalog. Paperback edition. Mr. Geo. S. Parker invented, patented, and trade-marked what has…
The Parker pen Challenger english
THE PARKER CHALLENGERS Parker Challenger pens group styles. Challenger, Challenger De Luxe and Royal Challenger. Parker Challenger. To fight the Depression, in 1934, the “Challenger” Parker line was launched to…
Parker pen 1939 catalog
1939 parker catalog 1939 Catalog of celebrated Parker Blue Diamond Vacumatic pens guaranteed for life and other Parker pens, parker pencils, desk sets, desk pens and Parker Quink. In 1888,…
Parker Pastel english
THE PARKER PASTEL / moire A Parker Pastels assortment. Courtesy of Luiz Leite. The Parker factory faced Christmas 1926 with an exaltation to color introducing the Jade Green color and…
Parker Jack Knife Safety english
THE Parker Jack-Knife Safeties The Cap that Can’t Leak, consists of a Parker Jack-Knife Safety double cap, one inside the other. The outside cap «A» screws on the barrel in…
Parker Mother Pearl Abalone english
Parker; mother of pearl and abalone models. Courtesy of Tsachi Mitsenmacher. Mother of pearl, also called nacre, is an iridescent layer of material that forms the lining of the shell…
Parker Bakelite Transparent english
parker bakelite transparent Parker Bakelite Jack-Knife no. 71 in plush hinged box. $6.00. Transparent barrel, gold crown and band on cap with a ring for chain or ribbon. Courtesy of…
Duofold Pompeian Brown Kovalenko
The Pompeian Brown Duofold By George Kovalenko. Copyright and courtesy of George Kovalenko. A later bandless Duofold, image by Len Provisor. Some of you may be aware of the story…
Catalogo Parker 1922
1922 Parker catalog «The Parker Pen Company, Janesville, Wis., has completed a pretentious catalogue of sixty-four pages, made up in loose leaf style. The book opens with interesting descriptions and…
Catalogo Parker 1914
1914 parker catalog Parker pen mod. #39 «forget-me-nots» eyedropper. Auctioned by Bonhams´ house in December 2016 (image © Bonhams). It is a catalog of 48 numbered sheets to which have…
Catálogo Parker 1940
1940 PARKER CATALOGS THE GREATEST NAME IN PENS, PARKER Parker Catalog July 1940. Back flap. Letter-introduction of 1940 Parker Pens Catalog signed by Kenneth Parker. Parker Two-for-Life – Parker Vacumatic…
Geo. S. Parker and the Duofold launching
Geo. S. Parker and the Duofold launching Parker Duofold cap bandless Pompeian Brown hard rubber. C. 1922. George S. Parker writes encouraging to his sales team with the first Duofolds….
Catálogos Parker 1912-1914
1910 PARKER CATALOG Which Illustrates and Describes the more Recent Additions to Our Line of Parker “Lucky Curve” Fountain Pens, Including the Superb $250.00 Pen. Special Attention Is Directed to…
Parker Vacumatic Prototypes.
PARKER VACUMATIC PROTOTYPES The ’30s were years of great creativity at Parker Pen Co. The Vacumatic system was developed and the Duofold transition and replacement took place. Later, research and…
Catálogos Parker 1906-1910
1906 PARKER CATALOG In 1904 it had been a new improvement in the design of the Lucky Curve spearhead feed, adopting a silhouette and properties more similar to what we…
Parker Pre-Duofold english
PARKER No. 30 Parker had been offering pens with gold or silver finishes since its origins but in November 1900, the #30 was the first Parker marketed completely gold covered….
Parker Pen Displays & Cases
Parker pen Displays & Cases https://parkersheaffer.com/wp-content/uploads/Estilograficas-Parker-Expositores-vitrinas-y-bandejas.mp4#t=2 «With your first order for four dozen or more Parker Fountain Pens, at regular rates, we will take pleasure in sending you, with our…
The Parker Giants english
THE parker giants Photo courtesy of Tsachi Mitsenmacher. Parker Giant vs «51» sizes comparison. PARKER RED GIANT. In February 1908, Parker announced to its dealers that they were preparing to…
Catálogos Parker 1896-1906
1896 parker catalog The underfeed was introduced in 1896 in models #18 and #2X and was produced concurrently with overfeed in other models. Later, in these last models, both options…
Parker Snake #37 #38 english
Parker snake #37 & #38 Preamble: The Mystique of the Snake. The snake has always held a mystique unlike any other. From ancient times snakes held people in awe,…
Sheaffer Rheims english
Eisenhower’s Parker «51». On February 23, 1945, Kenneth Parker wrote Eisenhower, enclosing the first and only “Five Star model” pen and pencil set. Parker said he hoped Eisenhower would use…
Parker Duofold policy
The Policy That Makes Every Year Our Best Year George S. Parker´s article published in SYSTEM, The Magazine of the Business. October 1926. One of the most persistent worries in…
Parker Lucky Curve Jointless english
THE PARKER JOINTLESS LUCKY CURVE Sectional view «Jointless» showing «Lucky Curve» and «Spring Lock». In 1894 and following successive improvements to his 1889 patent, George S. Parker had the Curve…