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Parker Duofold, ca. 1928. But by the early 1930s the Duofold’s design was viewed by the manufacturer as rather outmoded. Parker launched its replacement, the Vacumatic, in 1933, and the Duofold line was moved to second tier, even though it followed closely the Vacumatic's design with slimmer profile, streamlined look and vacumatic filling ...
Parker Duofold desk set, 1930 Parker Jotter pen. In 1954, Parker released the Parker Jotter ballpoint [9] pen with its original nylon body and inverted "V" clip. The Jotter would go on to sell over 750 million units during its history.
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Parker was born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin in November 1863, and graduated from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He worked as a telegraphy instructor in Janesville, Wisconsin, and had a sideline repairing and selling fountain pens. Dismayed by the unreliability of the pens, he experimented with ways to prevent ink leaks.
Parker’s Ferry on the Edisto River is the site of a Patriot victory during the Revolutionary War. Gen. Francis Marion, the famous “Swamp Fox,” and his men successfully ambushed a pursuing ...
Quink was developed and introduced when the Duofold was Parker's flagship line, [7] but the Duofold's successor, the Vacumatic [8] was already under development and was in full production by 1933. Vacumatics held their ink supply directly within their celluloid barrels, so Quink was formulated accordingly.
Uncapped Parker Vacumatic. The Parker Vacumatic fountain pen was launched in 1932, and would come to out-sell the Parker Duofold, the then top seller.The pen was originally marketed under the name of Golden Arrow, a reference to the new arrow clip but was again changed to Vacuum Filler in reference to its ink reservoir filling action.
Parker received 14 of 16 votes from the classic era committee at the winter meetings, and Allen got 13. Having waited for the call from Cooperstown for nearly three decades, Dave Parker burst into ...