Description | English: Advertisement for Esterbrook steel pens, from an 1887 magazine |
Date | 1887 |
Source | Advertisement in Queries (https://archive.org/details/queries_illustrated_188705/page/n47/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Tag Archives: Pens
Writing by Lamplight
Description | English: Man writing by lamplight, adapted from an advertisement in a German magazine |
Date | 1908 |
Source | Advertisement in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung (https://archive.org/details/berliner-illustrirte-1908-heft-1-6/page/62/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Sheaffer Pen and Pencil Set
Description | English: Sheaffer “Giftie Set” of fountain pen and matching pencil, from a 1922 advertisement |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Sheaffer No. 89C Ebony Lifetime Fountain Pen
Description | English: Sheaffer No. 89C Ebony Lifetime fountain pen, from a 1922 advertisement |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Quill-and-Inkpot Headpiece
Description | English: Headpiece with quills and inkpots and space for heading |
Date | 1915 |
Source | The Photographic Times (https://archive.org/details/photographictime4781unse/page/352/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
This scalable ornament can be used at any size.
Quill and Inkwell
Description | English: Ornament with quill and inkwell |
Date | 1922 |
Source | MacGregor-Cutler supplement in The Inland Printer (https://archive.org/details/inlandprint7019221923chic/page/n95/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
This scalable ornament can be used at any size.
John Foley No. 3 Gold Pen, with Ebony Gold-Plated Desk Holder
Description | English: John Foley No. 3 gold pen, with ebony gold-plated desk holder |
Date | 1876 |
Source | History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley’s diamond pointed gold pens (https://archive.org/details/historyofinventi00fole/page/10/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Fountain Pen
Description | English: Fountain pen with spiral decorations, from a 1911 catalogue |
Date | 1911 |
Source | W. J. Gage & Co. Catalogue of Stationery (https://archive.org/details/catalogueofstati00wjgauoft/page/188/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Postscript
Description | English: Ornament from an 1830 typefounder’s catalogue |
Date | 1830 |
Source | Specimen of Printing-Types, and Ornaments, from the Letter Foundry of J. Howe & Co. (https://archive.org/details/specimenofprinti00jhow/page/n181/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.
Proper Writing Posture
Description |
English: Demonstration of proper writing position from an 1879 manual
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Date | |
Source | Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms (https://archive.org/details/hillsmanualofsoc00hill_0/page/20/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Description |
English: Demonstration of proper writing position from an 1879 manual
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Date | |
Source | Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms (https://archive.org/details/hillsmanualofsoc00hill_0/page/20/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
The background has been made transparent in both illustrations.