Sunday, 18 May 2014

Life April 9 1951 Front Inside Cover

You'll find no other pen you own can give all these things! New Parker “51” with the exclusive Aero-metric Ink System 
LOOK INSIDE... THIS SILVERY SHEATH WITH PLI-GLASS RESERVOIR 

CARL SANDBURG Eminent author and poet. His many brilliant contributions to American literature include Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years . . . The War Years; Rootabaga Stories; Remembrance Rock. "For years I have had a Parker '51' always within reach," writes Mr. Sandburg. "Now I am writing with the new one and find it smooth as black velvet crossed with blue silk." 

Here is a pen to awaken your pride! New "51" is favored by noted people, recognized the world over for its distinctive beauty. And the difference doesn't end there. For this pen alone gives you the Aero-metric Ink System -the new, better way to draw in, store, safeguard, and release ink. It means true writing satisfaction. 
New "51" yearns for paper! Its Plathenium-tipped point writes instantly. . . matches your writing pace with a faultless line. It never has to skip to keep up, for an exclusive governor regulates the ink flow. 
Filling is a mere pause. Quickly and simply an extra-large ink supply is siphoned into the new-type Pli-glass reservoir. It has a 30-year life outlook. You see the ink level. In this pen there are no rubber parts. 
See why the New "51" is such a practical investment . . . so sure to displace your other pens. At your Parker dealer's in 8 colors, Lustraloy or gold-filled caps. Pens, $13.50 up; with matching pencil, $19.75 up. The Parker Pen Company, Janesville, Wis., U. S. A.; Toronto, Can. 
new Parker "51 "
OTHER NEW PARKER PENS 
NEW PARKER "51" SPECIAL- $10.00. Typical "51" beauty and superb writing precision. 
NEW PARKER "21"-$5.00. Smart styling and fine-pen features at a popular price. 
NEW PARKETTE-$3.00. Economy coupled with genuine quality and new writing ease. 
NEW PARKER MAGNETIX PEN SETS-$8.75 to $75.00. Distinctive beauty for desk or table. 
NOTE: No F. E. tax on pens listed above 
Copr. 1951 by The Parker Pen Company 
World’s most wanted pen... writes dry with wet ink!
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The average price of a new home then was $9000 about 2.56 times the yearly average wage of $3510. Which was about 2.34 times the price of a new car $1500. Today?


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