1943: __ Brothers László and Georg Bíró, Hungarian refugees living in Argentina, patent the ballpoint pen. A half-century-old idea is coming to commercial fruition. Lewis Waterman's invention ...

The family keepsakes include an ornate Waterman fountain pen, a Dorflinger cut glass carafe, a Fenton “Buttons and Braids” pitcher, and a Wedgwood coffee can cup and saucer. The colorful ...

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 ...

Lewis Waterman opened up the possibility of portable pens with his invention of a practical fountain pen in 1884. But relatively quickly, users began working on a version that would be less likely ...

A guest brought along a set of Waterman ball point pens, which had been immaculately preserved for many years. The pens were a gift from her father, who served in the Dutch Merchant Navy ...

The first successful, improved fountain pen was designed by a frustrated insurance salesman named Lewis Waterman in 1884. Waterman was attempting to sign a vital document to buy a building site.

fountain pens from Waterman, ball point pen from Laslo Biro, rollers from Japan. During the last century there have been approximately 150 patents granted connected with pens and improving the ...