Esterbrook #75 Republican

Description:

Name(s): Republican
Shape: Pinched Center
Finishes: Gray, Fawn
Tip: Pointed
Prices: 50¢ per gross

Comments:

“Easy action; medium point; smooth” – 1883
A simpler pinched center than some of the others of the same shape, like the #54 Superb.
One of the very few examples we can be confident exhibit the Fawn finish. This pen was offered in the Fawn finish later than most others (up through the 1883 catalog)
Another of the unusual pens that stopped production during WWI and were not revived.

Other Images:

c1874 Salesman sample card

1883 Esterbrook catalog

References:

The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:

Displayed on the 1873 Salesman Sample Card
Displayed on the 1874 Salesman Sample Card
Listed in the 1876 Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware; contributed by Andrew Midkiff
Listed in the 1879 Trade Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company (The American Stationer, September 4, 1879) (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)
Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog
Listed in the Anderson & Krum price list in the 1887 Publisher’s Trade List
Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)

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