As literacy grew during the Industrial Revolution, more people were writing letters, and those who could afford the best ...

The Waterman Pen Company was founded by Lewis E. Waterman in 1883, in New York City. These pens were very popular and known for their quality, winning the gold medal of excellence at the ...

Though Waterman’s founder, L. E. Waterman, developed the first practical fountain pen in 1884, the company no longer makes them. U.S. ballpoint-pen sales, however, today nearly match those of ...

It is not surprising that at the turn of the century in 1900, Waterman won the Medal of Excellence at the Paris Exposition. During this time, seven out of 10 fountain pens bore the company’s trademark ...

Frank Dan Waterman, who made the Waterman fountain pen a household word and a worldwide favorite at the turn of the century, loved his adopted city of Eustis. To provide a hotel for the hundreds ...

Early fountain pens weren’t much better. The first known fountain pen was designed by a Frenchman named Bion in 1702. The first American patent was 100 years later in 1809, but all designs were ...

Waterman is now a French company. One might conclude that fountain pens, like toys or socks, are commodities that are appropriate for very low-wage mass production in Asia, but that’s not ...

Considering the Waterman Pen Company and its predecessor date back to 1884 and have made all of their pens in France since the early 20th century, it’s not out of the question.