Esterbrook #309 Choctaw

1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do

Description:

Name(s): The Choctaw Pen, Choctaw
Shape: Straight
Finishes: Gray
Tip: Turned-up
Prices: 75¢ per gross

Comments:

One of the first turned-up points.
“In 1876 the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company produced its 1876 Telegraphic, followed shortly after by No. 256 Tecumseh, and No. 309 Choctaw.”

Other Images:

1883 Esterbrook Catalog

References:

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

Listed in 1883 Esterbrook Catalog
Listed in the Anderson & Krum price list in the 1887 Publisher’s Trade List
Listed in the c1890 Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do
Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)

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