Eversharp Ink Pen from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber

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Title

Eversharp Ink Pen from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber

Subject

Dewey Hooper, Elon College Class of 1940

Description

This is a photograph of an Eversharp ink pen recovered from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. Eversharp was a brand of writing implements manufactured by Keenan & Co. of Chicago from 1913 until the company was acquired by Parker Pen in 1957. The brandname Eversharp is inscribed on the pocket clip.

Creator

Rob Brown, University Communications, Elon University, Photographer

Source

Dewey Hooper Collection, Mss.Coll.011

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections, Elon University

Date

Item circa 1940; photographed 2022

Contributor

Family of Dewey Hooper

Rights

Held by Elon University

Format

JPG

Language

English

Type

Realia

Identifier

Mss.Coll.011, Folder 1:7; AR032

Coverage

Second World War

Files

03_16_2022_Dewey Hooper 018.jpg

Citation

Rob Brown, University Communications, Elon University, Photographer, “Eversharp Ink Pen from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Bomber,” Elon University Archives and Special Collections, accessed May 5, 2024, https://belkarchives.omeka.net/items/show/105.

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