1939 Waterman Ad

[Lenny]

Our town had an Art Show this past weekend. One of the ladies that organized it showed up at my door last night with her sister. Seems they had been remodeling and found an old newspaper, The Boston Herald, Tuesday, June 18, 1939. In it was an ad for Waterman pens. They immediately thought of me (they are good customers)

The part I like is ... "priced at $3 to $250. :biggrin:

1938 :biggrin:

 

[Lenny]

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[Penl8the]

Lenny,

I remember using similar type of fountain pen long time ago (not in the 1930's :biggrin. The little lever was used to refill the ink. It acted like a lever-pump.

Thanks for sharing.

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[bitshird]

Lenny, can you imagine what a 250.00 pen was like in those days, I would have a hard time coughing up the three bucks.

 

[Lenny]

I wonder what it would be worth today?

 

[Displaced Canadian]

I got hung up trying to read the false teeth ad :biggrin:

 

[paintspill]

$250 in 1938. holy crap. i think you could buy a new car for that.