Friday, August 17, 2012

Just How Long Was That Worlds' Fair?

I stopped by Carl Daniels’ table in DC, and he had this great Esterbrook pencil on his table. This one put the "Show" in Pen Show – he wasn’t ready to sell it just yet, but he did allow me to take it back to my room for a little alone time in the photo studio.

This one’s an easy one to overlook. Since it’s black, it doesn’t exhibit the telltale marbling that identifies it as an Esterbrook "Pushmaster" pencil, but the chrome-plated top button with "Esterbrook" on it, coupled with the absence of the word "Esterbrook" on the clip, are dead givaways . . .

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1 comment:

  1. VanceAugust 17, 2012 at 9:53 AM

    The NY World's Fair of 1939 closed at the end of October 1940. Close enough to 1941 for some preliminary market testing, don't you think?

    The symbol, by the way, is called the Trylon and Perisphere.

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