A Couple Camels for "Hump Day."

I was pretty proud of the fact that I had an example of the Camel to show off on page 27 of The Catalogue.  The Camel Pen Co. was much better known for its pens, which "made their own ink" -- from ink tablets and water, I believe -- and were named after the dromedary due to their supposed ability to write a lot more words in between refillings.

However, the Camel pictured wasn't what I had in mind.  Yes, it's actually a bit more unusual than what you'd expect to see: a "Spaulding" model with a built in perpetual calendar. . .

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