The Pen Shop's "Pen Doctors," 1947

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

49281

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

5-25-1947

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

Description

Interior view of repair bench in The Pen Shop, 574A Congress Street, Room 24 (in the Lyman Chipman Building). "The Pen Doctors," Warren C. Davis (left) and Russell O. Clason (right) repairing fountain pens. According to the article: “They boast there isn't a pen ailment they can't cure.”

Photo published in the Portland Sunday Telegram, on 25 May 1947.

[See Additional Files links- below- for a closeup of a vintage Reynolds Fountain Pen, and a Pen Shop advertisement from 1947.]

Recommended Citation

"The Pen Shop's "Pen Doctors," 1947" (1947). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 168.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/168