Pen, Fountain
- Object Name:
- Pen, Fountain
- Object ID:
- 2025.012
- Creator:
- Esterbrook & Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Camden, NJ
- Date:
- circa 1956
- Description:
- Pen, Fountain. Pen used by President Eisenhower to sign the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act which established the Interstate Highway system. ESTERBROOK / 2668 / MADE IN / U.S.A." stamped on steel tip. Black plastic feed tube. "ESTERBROOK / MADE IN U.S.A." stamped on 1.75" tapered black plastic casing with graduated ring finger grip at base. "THE PRESIDENT - THE WHITE HOUSE" stamped in white letters on side of tapered clear plastic casing. With white paperboard box with red inscription, "Esterbrook / DESK PEN."
- Material:
- Plastic
Steel
Paper - Dimensions:
- L-6.25 Dia-0.4 inches
- Provenance:
- The pen was presented to Sinclair Weeks, President Eisenhower's Secretary of Commerce, and was passed down through the family to the donor, Rebecca Weeks More.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Rebecca W. S. and Timothy T. More
- Subjects:
- Federal-Aid Highway Act
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.