Description:
- Name(s): Cooper’s School Pen
- Shape: Straight
- Finishes: Bronze, White
- Tip: Pointed
- Prices: 36¢ per gross – bronze, 38¢ per gross – white
Comments:
- Cooper’s School was one of the first public schools in Camden, NJ, the home of Esterbrook’s factory.
- According to a local history site for Camden, NJ,
“The Cooper Schoolhouse opened on Saturday afternoon, October 31, 1874. A children’s chorus sang, dignitaries spoke, as did Camden resident, Walt Whitman, who recited an original poem written for the occasion entitled, ‘An Old Man’s Thought of School‘.”
THE COOPER-GRANT SCHOOLS
- These pens only show up in the 1883 catalog. The low price means that this may have been meant as a school pen.
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References:
The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:
- Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog
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