Pen Magazine Advertisement From Sixties And Seventies

[classenigma]

In the late sixties or early seventies there was an ad that showed the face of a college student and a pen. The caption said:

 

 

"student's name" uses a ______ for his college assignments and "student's name" is an A student.

 

Can anyone here(old enough to remember) recall that ad? Was it a Parker ad?

[shaylenwilliams]

No clue, but in the 2010's, Shaylen Williams uses a Lamy, Pelikan, Sheaffer, or other brand of FP for her college assignments and Shaylen Williams is an 'A' student too.

 

No help, but there's some anecdotal evidence to back up the ad's claim!

[Fabienne]

Good for this Williams student. Get's an "A" in class...social class that is!

[shaylenwilliams]

Good for this Williams student. Get's an "A" in class...social class that is!

:roflmho: Ha! Thanks! I'm sure plenty of people would beg to differ!

[meghan]

No clue, but in the 2010's, Shaylen Williams uses a Lamy, Pelikan, Sheaffer, or other brand of FP for her college assignments and Shaylen Williams is an 'A' student too.

 

No help, but there's some anecdotal evidence to back up the ad's claim!

 

Now that's an ad!

 

As to the original inquiry, I've not turned anything up in Googling, but I do like this much older ad:

 

http://prints.encore-editions.com/0/500/coles-phillips-sheaffer-fountain-pen-ad-2-1920.jpg

[classenigma]

Excellent ad. Nice post.

[simp]

Fountain pen for college/students/graduation is a quite regular theme on advertizing:

 

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/3/35/1900-Waterman-Ideal.jpg/566px-1900-Waterman-Ideal.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/0/0d/1908-05-Wirt-Safety.jpg/800px-1908-05-Wirt-Safety.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/5/57/1910-Waterman-Ideal.jpg/800px-1910-Waterman-Ideal.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/7/70/1910-Waterman-Ideal-2.jpg/434px-1910-Waterman-Ideal-2.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/2/27/1923-06-Parker-Duofold.jpg/464px-1923-06-Parker-Duofold.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/9/99/1923-09-Conklin-Models.jpg/436px-1923-09-Conklin-Models.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/1/15/1924-08-Conklin-Endura-Student.jpg/452px-1924-08-Conklin-Endura-Student.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/e/e0/1924-Parker-Duofold-Pencil.jpg/409px-1924-Parker-Duofold-Pencil.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/c/cc/1925-GoldStarry.jpg/457px-1925-GoldStarry.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/d/df/1927-Parker-Duofold-Duette.jpg/423px-1927-Parker-Duofold-Duette.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/0/05/1929-09-Waterman-Ripple-and-94.jpg/427px-1929-09-Waterman-Ripple-and-94.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/7/72/1930-09-Wahl-PersonalPoint.jpg/460px-1930-09-Wahl-PersonalPoint.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/e/ed/1930-09-Parker-Duofold-Convertible.jpg/416px-1930-09-Parker-Duofold-Convertible.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/9/91/1931-06-Doric-Colors-Left.jpg/470px-1931-06-Doric-Colors-Left.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/6/64/1931-09-Parker-Duofold.jpg/438px-1931-09-Parker-Duofold.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/7/75/1938-05-Wahl-Doric.jpg/473px-1938-05-Wahl-Doric.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/6/6b/1939-05-Parker-Vacumatic.jpg/472px-1939-05-Parker-Vacumatic.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/d/d1/1939-05-Wahl-Doric-Pacemaker-Airlite.jpg/448px-1939-05-Wahl-Doric-Pacemaker-Airlite.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/e/ec/1940-08-Parker-Vacumatic.jpg/462px-1940-08-Parker-Vacumatic.jpg

 

You can find the full resolution versions of these files starting here:

 

http://www.fountainpen.it/ADs

 

but they are just chronologically ordered (and categorized by Brand).

 

Simone

Edited January 20, 2012 by simp

[JimB]

Mucho Thanks to Simp for all the great images! Now to copy them and put them in my Pen sub-folder! :clap1:

[georges zaslavsky]

very nice

[shrieku]

Just before the 60s- 3 TV commercials from 1959- glorifying Sheaffer

I had not seen this before today. If this has already been shared on FPN, apologies for the repetition

 

http://archive.org/details/1959CommercialsForsheaffersPens

Edited May 20, 2012 by shrieku

[simp]

Two more (but they are a single big page) I added recently:

 

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/e/e4/1923-05-Wahl-AllMetal-Left.jpg/455px-1923-05-Wahl-AllMetal-Left.jpg

http://www.fountainpen.it/images/thumb/6/69/1923-05-Wahl-AllMetal-Right.jpg/460px-1923-05-Wahl-AllMetal-Right.jpg

 

You can find full resolutions versions in the same place.

 

Simone