219 Washington
St 1910-1930s
16 N. Union St. 1940s
Petersburg Va.
Edison assembled fountain pens from parts purchased from suppliers
until the 1920s when they began their own manufacturing. They
produced lever fill pens and sold a telescopic gold filled pen that
was identical to the one sold by the US Victor Fountain Pen Co.
They sold some good quality overlays.
Remmie Arnold saved the company from bankruptcy and launched their very
successful line of inexpensive pens that were sold under the
Southern Fountain Pen Co name. Both Edison and southern were listed
as being in business at the same time, but I think Edison was soon
fazed out. The pens made by the Southern Pen Company were celluloid
and appear to have been made by Wearever. I don't know if Edison ever
sold any plastic pens under their own name. After making Southern
a prolific pen seller, he left in 1935 to start his own company ,
the Arnold Pen Co.
Edison Pen Co had no relation to Thomas
Edison, but Edison's son did lend his name to ink and a fountain pen
called the Edison Jr. Wizard, which was made in NY. |
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