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G O L D E N A R R O W / VA C U U M F I L L E R / VA C U M AT I C
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P en s f o r sa le
S ele ct e d st o r es
1932, 1933, 19341948 (1953)
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M e t ri c co n ve rt e r
D a t e co d es an d ot h e r
A s k To n y
C o n t ac t
J oi n n e ws let t e r
About me
D o n at e
F P N F o r um ( li n k)
Va cu m at ic G u id e
M o n t b l an c Gu i d e
( o l d)
he Great Depression put brakes to the

skyrocketing consumer culture of the
1920s and cut sales for all pen makers
dramatically. Between 1929 and 1930,
Parker's profits were cut in half. Many
smaller companies disappeared altogether.
By the end of the depression, the field was
dominated by four companies, in order of
size, Parker, Sheaffer, Waterman, and
Eversharp.
Despite hard times, the major companies
did not halt innovation or cut advertising in
the depression years. Those firms that
survived the crash stepped up their efforts
to sell pens that were new not only in style
but in function. The greatest innovator in
the 1930's was without doubt Parker, which
rose to the leadership of the industry during
the decade. Again, advertising and
technology led the way, and once again the
technological issue was filling systems.
Parker always tried to look forward and
anticipate the need of changes. In the
middle of the 1920's, while still on the roll
with the Duofolds, Parker knew that there
would come a time when it had to be
replaced with something new. For all it's
simplicity and utility, the lever filler did not
add to the beauty of any pen and on
occasion levers could mistakenly be forced
open, creating an ink-mess. For that
reason, Parker never adopted the lever for
their top quality pens, preferring to use a
button enclosed by a blind cap at the barrel
end to activate the pressure bar.
Around 1925, a professor Dahlberg at the

University of Wisconsin started working on
a new filling system for fountain pens.
Within two years he was granted a patent.
He was however having trouble with the
mechanical details and was also running
out of money. He decided to offer the
patent to Parker, and although the patent
was far from marketable Parker were
impressed and purchased the patent.
arker then spent five years developing
and perfecting the mechanism. They
also hired a top designer, Joseph Platt
from New York. He did design the Parker
arrow - one of Parkers trade marks to this
day, but he was also a consultant on the
design for the complete pen. Parker then
approached the company DuPont for
supplying the plastic, they doubted that
they could supply the celluloid with the
striped pattern requested, but they
succeeded in the end. Parker then applied
for and was granted a design patent for the
new plastic. The stripes are sometimes
uneven, both horizontalwise and in
colouring. Earlier Vacs were made out of
solid rod stock. The reflectivity of the
pearlescent material had to do with its
orientation as the materal cured. Maximum
pearlescence would thus be visible only
from two sides and minimum 90 degrees
off from that. Later Vacs were made from
flat stock wrapped around a mandrel, so
max pearlescence went all the way around.
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E ve rs ha r p 10 .00 0
Pa rk er A r r o w
A wa ny u " A z t ek"
P ar ke r B 5
P ar ke r B ig A rr o w
E ve rs ha r p B ig E
P ar ke r B ig R ed
P ar ke r B la ck& G o ld
P ar ke r B la ck Gi an t
B o o k kee p er s
S p eci al
A m o d e l c o m p a r i s o n o f t h e f i r s t g e n e r a t i o n l o c k d o w n - f i l l e r Va c u m a t i c s :
B u l ld o g S p ec ial
P ar ke r "B u l le t "
P en
Pa rk er C e n t en n ia l
Pa rk er C h a ll en g er
E ve rs ha r p
C h a lle n g er
Pa rk er C l as sic
( 1 ) S l e n d e r J u n i o r, G r e y P e a r l S h a d o w Wa v e s h o w n .
( 2 ) S ub J un ior, a k a S tu b, L a min a t e d B u rgu nd y P e a rl s ho wn, a ls o e x is t a s
ring-tops.
( 3 ) J u n ior. B ur gu nd y P e a rl M a rb le s h own .
( 4 ) S l e n d e r, s a m e s i z e a s t h e S l e n d e r J u n i o r, b u t w i t h t h r e e r i n g s , L a m i n a t e d
Burgundy Pearl shown.
(5) Standard. Laminated Emerald Pearl shown.
( 6 ) S e n i o r. L o n g e r t h a n t h e S t a n d a r d , b u t o f t h e s a m e w i d t h . N o t e t h e t h e c a p
b a nd s , mid dle on e be in g w ide r. L a min a te d B ur gu nd y P e a rl s h ow n.
( 7 ) O v e r s i z e . T h e l a r g e s t o f t h e L o c k - d o w n Va c u m a t i c s . L a m i n a t e d G o l d e n
Brown shown. Since the brown was inroduced late in the production span, it
is the most uncommon colour of the Oversizes.
(8) Standard fitted with a very broad solid gold or gold plated cap band. This
model was manufactured in Canada and the broad band can be found on most
sizes.
Pa rk er C o l le ge p e n
Pa rk er C o n t a ct
Pa rk er D e b u t an t e
E ve rs ha r p D eL u xe
P ar ke r D es k S et s
P ar ke r D im o n it e
P ar ke r D ip Pen
P ar ke r D o ll ar P en
E ve rs ha r p D o r ic
P ar ke r D Q
P ar ke r D u et t e
arker in the end had spent $

125,000 and five years developing
the container and the new filling
system. After several years of in-house
development and styling Parker in 1932
quietly began test marketing the novelty
pen. The pen was radical in several
ways. Parker boasted the model to be
the first self filler without a sac, which
wasn't entirely true. However the filling
mechanism was an innovation.
By using a diaphragm rather than a
sac, the whole barrel could be used as
a reservoir. The principle workings was
essentially like that of the earlier button
fillers (Duofold) as the depression of
the plunger pushed on the rubber sac
and forced out the air (creating a
vacuum) and when the rubber regained
Golden Arrow July 1932 November 1932.
he very first pens were test marketed in

July 1932, they were known as the Golden
Arrow. They had the distinct body-imprint
Geo S Parker GOLDEN ARROW Made In USA
The test marketing strategy had proven

successful during the introduction of the
Duofold and Parker quietly began distributing
60 hand made Golden Arrows in a store in
Chicago. During the month of July 1932 the
store had sold nine Wahls, seven Sheaffers, six
Parkers, two Swans and one Waterman. Enter
the Golden Arrow.
The first week of August the store sold 15
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P ar ke r D u o f o ld
P ar ke r U K D u o f o l d
P ar ke r D u o - To n e
P ar ke r D u o vac
P ar ke r El li ps e
P ar ke r Em b le m
P en
P ar ke r Es pr i t
P ar ke r Ex ecu t i ve
P ar ke r Ey ed ro p p e r
it's natural form the ink got sucked into

the pen to replace the air. The outward
difference was that the previous button
was replaced with a fat (approximately
4 mm) plunger that was used to
operate the diaphragm. The plunger
could be locked in a down position with
a twist of the thumb. (And is referred to
as the Lock-Down Fill, or Twist-Fill). A
short blind cap that sported a tassie
ring and a "jewel" was also fitted, the
two jewels (top and bottom) followed
the pens colour and was also striped in
the same manner.
he new arrow was also fitted to the
nib. The Parker boasted 102% of
the ink capacity of their rivals.
Golden Arrows, one Parker Duofold and one

Swan. Both the store owner and Parker were
very impressed by this, and one week later
Kenneth Parker went on a trip to instruct all the
sales managers of the districts about the new
Golden Arrow. He brought two samples to each
salesmen and they could start taking orders
immediately from the store owners. Of the
samples one was a demonstrator, the other
one a standard pen.
The salesmen came back very excited, one in
the Pacific Coast Region had sold 595 pens
and 230 pencils, and called it "the end of the
depression". By the first week of October a
complete line of Golden Arrow samples was
sent to each salesman with a request to return
the first two items to the factory. Orders poured
in but no pens were shipped until the end of
October.
P ar ke r F ace t
P ar ke r F alc o n
P ar ke r F il ig r ee
P ar ke r F P- 1
P ar ke r F ro n t i er
P ar ke r Ga la lit h
E ve rs ha r p Ga m in
P ar ke r Ge o me t ri c
P ar ke r Go l d en
A r r ow
P ar ke r H o p alo n g
C a ssi d y
P ar ke r Im p er ia l
P ar ke r I. M .
P ar ke r In f l ect i o n
P ar ke r In si g n ia
P ar ke r It a la
P ar ke r Iv or i ne
P ar ke r Jac k K n if e
P ar ke r Jo in t l es s
P ar ke r Jo t t er
P ar ke r L ad y
P ar ke r L a P lu m e
P ar ke r L at i t ud e
P ar ke r L iq u id L ead
L i m it ed Ed i t io n
P ar ke r L u cky
C u r ve
P ar ke r M er cu r
P ar ke r M in i b il le
P ar ke r M in i m
P ar ke r M ix y
P ar ke r M o d er n e
P ar ke r M u lt y
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M s P ar ke r
P ar ke r Pa rc o
P ar ke r Pa rk et t e
P ar ke r Pa st el
P ar ke r Pa t ri ci an
E ve rs ha r p Po i n t * 7
P ar ke r Po p u la r
P ar ke r
P re - D u o f o ld s
P ar ke r "P re g n an t "
P ar ke r Pr em ie r M K
I
P ar ke r Pr em ie r M K
II
P ar ke r Pr o f il e
P ar ke r R av en
P ar ke r R B - 1
P ar ke r R ed Gi an t
P ar ke r R ef l ex
P ar ke r R ia lt o
P ar ke r Sh o r t h an d
P ar ke r Si lv er
D o l lar
P ar ke r Sl im f o ld
P ar ke r "S n ake "
P ar ke r "S wa st i ka"
S li n g er /S wi n ge r
P ar ke r Sp ec ia l
P ar ke r So n n et
P ar ke r Sy st em a rk
P ar ke r T 1
E ve rs ha r p Te en a
P ar ke r Te lev is or
E ve rs ha r p Tia ra
E ve rs ha r p Tip Wic
P ar ke r To u ch
P ar ke r Tr en ch Pe n
P ar ke r Tr u e B lu e
P ar ke r U rb a n
P ar ke r Vacu m at ic
P ar ke r Vacu u m
F i lle r
P ar ke r Val en t in e
P ar ke r Var si t y
P ar ke r Vect o r
Special thanks to Luiz Leite, Joo Pavo Martins and Eric Wilson
T he co lou rs o f th e f irst gen erat ion t op -li ne Vacum atics:
The picture shows the Standard model. See below for model comparison. (1),
( 5) an d (6) , o paq ue ver sion s, an d ( 9) also co me w ith t he Vacuu m F iller
imprint.
There are four different Black finishes.
(1) The earliest opaque black
(2) The very rare transparent Standard Crystal, the Junior (2-ringed) version
is much more common. Caps are not interchangeable.
(3) The Windowed Black, aka Slotted Black, the slots are only visible at
certain angles
(4) The most common laminated transparent black
(5) Laminated Grey Pearl. There are both opaque and transparent versions of
this finish.
(6) Laminated Burgundy Pearl. There are both opaque and transparent
versions of this finish.
( 7 ) L a m i n a t e d E m e r a l d P e a r l . Tr a n s p a r e n t o n l y.
( 8 ) L a m i n a t e d G o l d e n B r o w n P e a r l . Tr a n s p a r e n t o n l y.
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P ar ke r Vi ct o r y
E ve rs ha r p Vict o r y
P ar ke r VP
P ar ke r VS
(9) "Ripley's". Laminated Burgundy Pearl. This was a very short production
p e n a n d t h e f i r s t t r a n s p a r e n t l a m i n a t e d Va c u m a t i c f i l l e r. I t e m s w i t h t h e
im prin t "Vacum atic" are mo re u nco mm on . N ot e t he b lack b lind cap.
( 1 0 ) " R i p l e y ' s i n G r e y, p r o b a b l y a p r o t o t y p e
( 11 ) C a n d y S t r i p e i n B u r g u n d y. T h e C a n d y S t r i p e d Va c u m a t i c s w e r e m a d e i n
E n g l a n d f r o m o l d Va l e n t i n e / V i c t o r y s t o c k , a n d f i t t e d w i t h C a n a d i a n c l i p s a n d
nibs. They are uncommon, especially in good condition. They are imprinted
" Va c u m a t i c " o n l y.
(12) Candy Stripe in Brown
(13) Candy Stripe in Green.
P ar ke r Wr it e f in e
P ar ke r X

P ar ke r XL
P ar ke r Z ep h yr
P ar ke r E ver sh a rp
A c kn o wl ed g em e nt s
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T h e c o l o u r s o f t h e f i r s t g e n e r a t i o n b o t t o m - l i n e Va c u m a t i c s :
The picture shows the Junior model. See above for model comparison. (1-5),
o p a q u e v e r s i o n s , a l s o c o m e w i t h t h e Va c u u m F i l l e r i m p r i n t .
( 1) L ami nat ed G rey Pearl, op aqu e wit h Vacu um Filler -i mpr int o nly
( 2 ) L a m i n a t e d B u r g u n d y P e a r l , o p a q u e w i t h Va c u u m F i l l e r - i m p r i n t o n l y
There are several different Black finishes.
(3) The earliest opaque black
(4) The transparent Crystal
( 5 ) A D e m o n s t r a t o r. T h i s m o d e l w a s n o t f o r s a l e , o n l y u s e d b y s e l l e r s t o
demonstrate the filling sstems.
(6) The Windowed Black, aka Slotted Black, the slots are only visible at
certain angles
( 7 ) T h e S tr i a t e d Tr a n s pa r e nt B l a c k , t hi s f i n i s h w a s of f e r e d a t t h e s a m e t i m e
as the Golden Web.
(8) Marbled Grey Pearl.
(9) Marbled Burgundy Pearl.
(10) Marbled Emerald Pearl.
( 11 ) G o l d e n W e b .
(12) Black Shadowwave.
(13) Grey Shadowwave.
(14) Burgundy Shadowwave.
(15) Emerald Shadowwave.
(16) Golden Pearl Shadowwave.
( 17) E gg Shell Pale Yellow and Bl ack. Th e Eg g Sh ells are p ro bab ly
pre-production trials and are rare. Especially the red one.
(18) Egg Shell Red and Black
A size comparison of the nibs of the first generation lockdown-filler

Vacum atics:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Slender Junior
Junior
Slender (two-tone)
Standard (two-tone)
Senior (two-tone)
Oversize (two-tone)
he new pen was still referred to as the

Golden Arrow, but in the Parkergram of
November 3 (the Parker Company's
internal newsletter), the pen was suddenly
listed as the Vacuum Filler. It's a mystery why
the sudden change. The Vacumatic expert
Lynn Sorgatz has three possible explanations:
Parker used the Golden Arrow name only
to test market the pen.
In the Parker archive is the end of a pen
box marked Golden Arrow. The pen contained
in the box was made in England (but not by
Parker) and was a button filler. No date has
been established for these pens, but it is quite
possible that Parker was concerned with
trademark infringement, even though, as an
extra twist the English Golden Arrow bears a
striking resemblence to the Duofold.
A combination of the first alternatives is

perhaps the most probable. Because this new
pen had a revolutionary new filling mechanism,
as well as a striking new exterior, the marketing
department may have had trouble deciding
The 1932 Golden Arrows:

Junior (122 132 mm) with two
cap rings:
Opaque Black
Opaque Grey
Opaque Burgundy
Demonstrator
Su b Ju n ior (14m m, 112mm lon g)
Opaque Black
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey
Demonstrator was not really a part of

the line, but was produced in
transparent plastic to allow the sellers
to demonstrate the new filling system.
Most Golden Arrows that have survived
have Vacuum Filler nibs, one nib exist
with the imprint "Golden Arrow",
another has a separate gold arrow
soldered on top of the platinum plated
nib for a 3D-appearance, some nibs
have a large gold "V", pointed towards
the tip, some again came with Duofold
nibs. Very few demonstrator items
exist.
t this point the sizes didn't actually
go by the names Junior and
Standard
of
the
later
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whether to market the pen based on its form or

its function. Function ultimately won out, and
the pen became the Vacuum Filler. Although it
has been said that Kenneth Parker objected to
this decision.
he Golden Arrow was never advertised and
the first national advertisement for the
Vacuum Filler appeared in March 18, 1933.
Most Golden arrows have the 1932-1933

Vacuu m Fil ler nib (r igh t) , t he on e to th e
left is the 1932 extremely rare arrow
nib with the arrow soldered on top
(approximation).
Deluxe/Economy
lines,
these
references came later, they have been
used for collecting purposes only. Both
the Golden Arrow and Vacuum filler
exist
in
many
variations,
not
subsequently found in the Vacumatic
line. There are items with a one piece
barrel-section assembly, while most are
in two pieces. They exist in both red
and white gold trim on black pens alike.
Sizes also vary. Items have been found
only 109 mm long when closed while
others are equivalent to the later 112
mm sub Juniors etc. Since the
Deluxe/Economy, (or Top line/Bottom
line see below) differency is not
applicable, there are in fact bottom-line
style pens with top-line style three rings
and vice versa. They do come with the
lock-down filler, striped sections,
striped or black jewels. Some have top
rings, rather like the earlier Duofolds,
notably the "Stub" pens, while most
have the new arrow clip. Very few
Golden Arrow pencils have been found,
but these are in most respects similar
to the later (pre 1935) Vacumatic
pencils, with the addition of the Golden
Arrow imprint. The Golden Arrow was
only produced for five months during
1932 and was only manufactured to
test the market. Hence a Golden Arrow
is a rare find indeed.
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A m o d e l c o m p a r i s o n o f t h e f i r s t g e n e r a t i o n l o c k d o w n - f i l l e r Va c u m a t i c s :
( 1 ) T h e s o c a l l e d " Va c u f o l d " . A S l e n d e r D u o f o l d Va c u m a t i c , w i t h a Va c u m a t i c
imprint, and an arrow clip.
(2) A Canadian Slender with a broad solid gold cap band. See also
Lockdowns.
(3) Slender Junior "Debutante" with ornamented cap band in shadowwave.
( 4 ) S l e n d e r J u n i o r, " S u b D e b " , w i t h a t h i n c a p b a n d .
( 5 ) J u n ior, t wo ring s .
(6) Senior Debutante, blue diamond, ornamented cap band.
( 7 ) S ho rt M a jor. A rt de c o c a p ba n d, b lue dia m on d.
( 8 ) L o ng M a jor. A rt de c o c a p ba n d, b lue dia m on d. T his pe n is of t e n b e in g
sold as a Slender Maxima (see below). It is not. Note the difference in the
size of the cap band. Also, the Slender Maxima has a larger nib.
( 9 ) S t r e a m l i n e d S l e n d e r. I d e n t i c a l t o t h e S e n i o r D e b u t a n t e , b u t w i t h t h r e e c a p
bands.
( 1 0 ) S t r e a m l i n e d S t a n d a r d . I d e n t i c a l t o t h e L o n g M a j o r, b u t w i t h t h r e e c a p
bands. Also this pen is sometimes being sold as a Slender Maxima. It is not.
( 11 ) S l e n d e r M a x i m a . T h i s i s t h e t r u e S l e n d e r M a x i m a . A b r o a d c a p b a n d , a n d
with a large two-tone nib (see below).
( 12) S enio r M axima. Th e B ig B oy of t he Sp eedli ne Vacum atics.
( 13) S enio r M axima wit h "Vacu mat ic" cap ban d. T hi s mo del w as on ly sol d f or
a short time, the cap band was then replaced with the style of the one above.
hen the Vacuum Filler was issued, an

insert was added to the products
The Grey pens had nickel trim, other

colours sported gold-filled trim, a feature
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catalogue. The Vacuum Fillers also

exist with two or three cap bands and with
either a clip or a ring top.
that was to follow the subsequent

Vacumatic through it's lifetime, although
some very rare Vacuum Fillers exist with
"opposite" trim.
The 1932-1933 Vacuum Fillers :

Standard (14mm, 131mm long)
Black
Silver pearl black laminate
Red black laminate
Blue red and black transparent
laminate
Junior
Black
Crystal
Silver pearl black laminate
Sub Junior
Black
Silver pearl and black laminate
Burgundy black laminate
Demonstrator
the latter was not really a part of the line,

but was produced in transparent plastic to
allow the sellers to demonstrate the new
filling system.
There were also experimental colours
produced. These items are however to be
regarded as prototypes and may exist in
one or two items only. The body imprint
was:
Geo S Parker VACUUM FILLER Made In USA
n June 1933 also the name "Vacuum

Filler" was discontinued, the name didn't
have the right chutzpah that Parker was
looking for, someone suggested that it too
much resembled a certain household
appliance, and the "Vacumatic" imprint was
adopted.
With the Vacuum Filler Parker had
developed a Top Line and a Bottom Line,
that continued with the new Vacumatics the
difference being mainly price and size, and
later also design. The nib on the first Top
Line pens had the imprint "Vacumatic
DeLuxe". These nibs are rather rare today.
The subsequent nibs were made in an
innovative two-tone design of gold and
platinum, the arrow itself being in gold. The
engraving on the nib was
USA
PA R K E R
he Bottom Line nibs were virtually the

same but did not have the two-tone
feature. The first nibs did not have the
Parker arrow [right, bottom]. The imprint on
the body read:
Geo S Parker VACUMATIC Made In USA
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T h e c o l o u r s o f t o p - l i n e s p e e d l i n e - f i l l e r Va c u m a t i c s :
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Black
Grey Pearl
Burgundy Pearl
Emerald Perl
Golden Brown
Azure Blue
Bottom line.
Black Shadowwave
Grey Pearl Shadowwave
Burgundy Pearl Shadowwave
Emerald Pearl Shadowwave
Golden Brown Pearl Shadowwave
A size comparison of the nibs of the second generation speedline-filler

Vacum atics:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Slender Junior
Junior
Slender (two-tone)
Major (two-tone)
Slender Maxima (two-tone)
Senior Maxima (two-tone)
he marketing of the Vacumatic proved

successful, and by the end of 1933
Parker sales had increased by 32%, as
the company launched a major sales
campaign. That year, Parker spent almost
half of the money that went to advertise
pens in the United States. By the next year,
Parker had ads in seventeen national
The Bottom Line models were smaller than

the Top Line pens and had only two cap
bands. The nib on the first models
(1933-1934) had the imprint:
PA R K E R
VA C U M AT I C
MADE IN USA
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magazines, 155 daily newspapers and 226

college newspapers. Throughout the
1930's Parker marketed its premier line of
pens not only to businessmen, but also to
students, assuming that those who could
afford college education's could afford
relatively expensive pens.
In one of their early ads for the Vacumatic,
Parker explained "Why the Sacless
Vacumatic Will 'Take You Places' in
Learning and Earning." Similarly, they
enlisted Ripley's "Believe It or Not" to
conduct a "widespread inquiry among
students," which, not surprisingly, found an
"overwhelming
preference
for
this
revolutionary Parker Vacumatic."
arker's innovation and marketing paid
off particularly well. The Vacumatic
instantly rose to popularity and within a
few years reinstated The Parker Company
as the top pen manufacturer after the
decline of the then somewhat dated
Duofolds.
Parker decided to stay with the striped
design, allthough a few rare items in other
colours and design exist. The Bottom Line
of the Vacumatics were cheaper and did
not have the lifetime guarantee of the top
line, still, in many ways I find the bottom
line to be more attractive than the top. The
Top Line had quite a few models but stayed
essentially the same, striped, in design,
only colours varying. The Bottom Line, on
the other hand, was presented in a wide
variety of colours and designs over the
years.
These didn't have the famed Vac arrow,

which looks rather odd. Nor was it in
two-tone platinum/gold, but in gold only (the
latter a feature that was to remain with the
bottom line throughout its lifetime). The two
jewels (clipscrew and tassie) were made in
black only (while the top line followed the
pens colour and design).
The 1933 Vacumatics:
Standard (14mm, 131mm long)

Opaque Black
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey
Junior (14 mm, 124 mm long)
Opaque Black
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey
Crystal*
S u b J u n i o r ( 1 4 m m , 11 2 m m l o n g )
Opaque Black
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey
Demonstrator
Demonstrator pens exist. The more

common transparent pen is however not
marketed
Demonstrator.
An
1934
advertisment actually depicts the Crystal as
"Transparent Black", but in the products
catalogue from the same year it is
advertised as being part of the line under
the model name Crystal. It was not offered
as a Sub Junior. "True" Demonstrators
have the additional imprint.
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A model comparison of the third generation plastic speedline filler

Vacum atics:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Junior Debutante, aka Sub Deb, Azure blue Pearl shown.

Senior Debutante (Blue Diamond), Laminated Grey Pearl shown.
J u n ior, L a min a te d B la c k s ho wn .
M a jo r, La m ina t e d Bl a c k s ho wn.
Standard, Laminated Black shown.
Comparison of the three Major sizes, Canadian manufacturing:

(6) Major Short, Laminated Azure Blue shown.
(7) Major Standard size (also US production), Laminated Azure Blue shown.
(8) Major Long, Laminated Azure Blue shown.
(9) Maxima, narrow cap band, Golden Brown Pearl shown.
(10) Maxima, broad cap band, Green Pearl shown.
( 11 a n d 1 2 ) E x a m p l e s o f J e w e l e r ' s B a n d Va c u m a t i c s .
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T he co lou rs o f th e t hird g enerat io n Vacum at ics:

The picture shows the Major model. See above for model comparison.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Laminated
Black
Grey Pearl
Burgundy Pearl (Canada manufacturing only)
Green
Golden Brown
Blue
A size comparison of the nibs of the third generation plastic speedline filler
Vacum atics:
(1) Debutante
(2) Junior and Major
(3) Maxima
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Images the Parker Archives, courtesy of Dan Zazove, David Nishimura, Martin
Smith, Mark Ashton, and Eric Wilson.
Parker vacumatic Oversize lockdowns:
Bl a c k o p a qu e , B l a c k Wi n do w e d , B l a c k Tr a n s pa r e n t , Bl a c k pe n c i l , G r e y
O p a qu e , G r e y Tr a m s p a r e n t, G r e y p e nc i l , G r e y o pp os i t e t r i m , O v e r s i z e H ol y
Wa t e r s p rin k le r, R e d o pa q ue , R e d tr a ns p a re n t, R e d pe n c il, R e d wit h g re e k
cap band, Green transparent, Green pencil, Brown transparent, brown pencil,
Green Candy stripe, Red Candy stripe,m Brown Candy stripe, Red Overmax,
Green with major style cap band, Black with 14c broad cap band.

Oversize (15 mm, 135 mm Long)
Opaque Black
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey
Tr a n s pa r e n t Bu r g un dy
Tr a n s pa r e n t G r e y
Tr a n s pa r e n t Bl a c k *
t this time there seemed to be two features

that sold pens: the amount of ink that the
pen could hold, and the possibility to
actually see how much ink that was left in the
pen.
Parker now introduced the transparent
laminated Vacumatics. The transparency was
achived by DuPont by replacing the black
plastic on the body with a transparent plastic.
This allowed the user to simply hold the
Vacumatic to the light in order to see how much
ink was left. The transparent versions became
so instantly popular that all opaque pens were
discontinued in august 1934 Interesting
statistics show that of 68 sold Vacumatics, 37
was of the Junior sizes, 30 of the Standard and
Slender sizes and 1 was an Oversize.
In 1934 two more models were introduced in
the Top line: the Oversize and the Slender, the
Sub Junior was replaced by the Junior Slender,
a slightly longer and thinner ladies pen. The
stripes was also discontinued on the Bottom
Line, it was replaced by an attractive
transparent marble design.
Standard (14 mm, 131 mm Long)

Opaque Black
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey
Slender (12 mm, 125 mm Long)
Opaque Burgundy
Opaque Grey ***
Junior (14 mm wide, 124 mm
long)
Opaque Black
Tr a n s pa r e n t Bu r g un dy m bl
Tr a n s pa r e n t G r e y m bl
Junior Slender (12mm, 121mm)
Opaque Black
Tr a n s pa r e n t Bu r g un dy m bl
Tr a n s pa r e n t G r e y m bl
Image courtesy of The Parker Pen Company Archives.

K enn et h Par ker's p erso nal Vacum ati c in exp erim ent al co lou rs. C a 1933.
*Transparent Black. This pen actually had

"windows" on the pen running lengthways
showing the amount of ink left in the pen
[top]. Unique for this year only.
**Demonstrator pens exist but the Junior
demonstrator was advertised as being part
of the line under the model name Crystal. It
was not offered as a Junior Slender.
***For some reason it seems that the
Slender was not manufactured in Opaque
Black.
y 1935, Parker were selling 325,000
units annually, a figure that levelled off
through the depression and into the
war years. The Vacumatic and the
saturation advertising campaign that
supported it touched off a craze for vacuum
and piston filling pens, as other companies
scrambled to develop their models, none of
which were as durable as the Vacumatic.
Sheaffer whose sales held steady at about
$7,000,000 into 1931, entered the market
with its Vac-Fill models in 1935 and added
a visual feature a year later. Waterman's
Ink-vue model was also introduced in 1936,
and Eversharp followed in 1937, trying to
A new nib was introduced to the bottom

line. It now sported the Vacumatic arrow,
although still not in two-tone colours, it had
the engraving :
Parker
USA

Oversize (15mm, 135 m Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Standard (14mm, 131 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black *
Emerald
Slender (12 mm Wide, 125 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black *
Emerald
Junior (14mm, 124 mm long)
Burgundy mbl
Grey mbl
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beat its competitors with Safety Ink Shutoff,

which the Federal Trade Commission
forced the company to withdraw the next
year.
In 1935 the Crystal was discontinued in the
Bottom Line and replaced with the same
black transparent "windowed" design as
previous of the Top Line. A few months
later the very same Black Transparent
design was discontinued in the Top Line
and was replaced by an ordinary
Transparent laminated Black. From this
point on all Vacumatics have the
transparent feature. While the green
Emerald Pearl was introduced in the Top
Line the Emerald Green Marble was added
to to the Bottom Line.
Black **
Emerald mbl
Junior Slender (12mm, 121 mm long)
Black **
Burgundy mbl
Grey mbl
Emerald mbl
*The Black with longitudal "windows" was

replaced by an ordinary laminated black.
**The opaque black was replaced by the
laminated black with the longitudal ink-vue
windows.
Image pending
n 1936 Parker advertised the Vacumatic

for the same amount of money spent by
all other pen manufacturers in the US
combined. A new addition was made to the
Top Line, The Senior (14 mm Wide, 135
mm Long). It was very much a more
slender
version
of
the
Oversize.
Interestingly enough it was fitted with three
cap rings, like all the other Top Line pens,
but the middle one was wider, much like the
1932 style Duofolds. The new colour brown
Golden Pearl was also added to the Top
Line.
Two new designs was added to the Bottom
Line. The first was a black model referred
to as Black Reticular, it was of a design not
unlike the Canadian Televisors from the
mid 1930's, but while the Televisor was of a
pattern with a coloured bottom and black
lines "scribbled" all over, the Black Reticular
was the other way around, the bottom
colour being black. This is a very rare pen
but often overlooked due to its but subtle
beauty.
The other design was the famous Golden
Web that was of a golden brown colour
designed in an intricate system of tile-, or
brickwork. Each tile surrounded by a black
line (transparent amber). Both these new
pens had black blind caps, as opposed to
the other designs that followed the colour of
the body.
The nib on the Top Line pens also changed
in the manner of the Bottom Line the
previous year. It now had the engraving:
PA R K E R
USA
This nib style was to stay with the

Vacumatics until the end.

Oversize (15mm, 135 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Senior (14 mm Wide, 135 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Standard (14mm, 131 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Slender (12 mm Wide, 125 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Junior (14 mm wide, 124 mm long)
Burgundy mbl
Grey mbl
Black Reticular
Emerald mbl
Golden Web
Junior Slender (12
long)
Black Reticular
Burgundy mbl
Grey mbl
Emerald mbl
Golden Web*
mm,
121
mm
*The Junior Slender Golden Web was

actually longer than the "ordinary" Junior
Slender Vacumatics.
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Image courtesy of The Parker Pen Company Archives.

A c o lle c t ion of a ll th e P a rk e r go lde n we b s : P e nc il, L o ng S le nd e r J u nio r,
S le nd e r J u nio r a n d J u nio r.
Image pending
uring the mid thirties a range of special

nibs for the Vacumatics were produced,
the so called Special Purpose Point.
This nib had two identifying stars (very
much alike those on the famous "star
clips") these nibs came in eight different
styles, all denoted by a letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Superfine, Rigid, Long nib.

Superfine, Semi-flexible, Long nib
Superfine, Rigid, Short nib
Extra-fine, Rigid, Short nib
Music Point, Flexible, Long nib
Ex tr a B roa d , F a s t F lo w, Sh or t n ib
Stenographic, Long nib
Stenographic, Short nib
The nibs were of the standard size only,

except G and H that was also made in the
slender size. All these nibs are rather rare.
y the late 1930s, the fountain pen had
completed its technical development,
and design became increasingly more
important than innovation in marketing
fountain pens. By then, Art Deco had given
way to another industrially based design,
generally referred to as Streamline or
Streamline Moderne. That style, put simply,
rounded the edges of Art Deco. Sheaffer
became the first to use this design in pens
with the introduction of the "Balance"
models. Even Parker's revolutionary
Vacumatic had squared edges which were
smoothed only in 1937. Waterman's waited
even longer. Their elegant, but blocky,
Patrician enlargement was replaced only in
1939 by a dramatic new Hundred Year Pen,
manufactured entirely out of translucent
celluloid. The pen was accented by a highly
futuristic streamlined and ribbed design
accented by liberal use of gold trim.
The same year, Sheaffer set another new

trend with the introduction of its Crest
model, which featured gold-filled and white
metal caps. A year later all these new pens
were of course scooped by the introduction
of what would come to be the most popular
pen in history, the Parker "51".
n 1937 Parker decided to change the
style of the Vacumatics. Following the
recipe of the Duofolds, Parker started to
produce a more streamlined version of the
Vacumatic (the Standard and the Slender
however remained "square" until their last
year, 1939, when they also were
streamlined). The Twist fill was replaced
with a new style plunger, only difference
was that it didn't lock down. It was still
made out of aluminium. The blind cap was
lengthened to fit the new plunger and the
new filling system was named the
"Speedline" fill by Parker. The story was
that the new filler could be operated with
one hand, and therefore was quicker.
Another truth was that the Twist filler was
prone to breakage and was difficult to
repair.
he Oversize was replaced with a
streamlined version called the Senior
Maxima (16 mm Wide, 139 mm Long).
This entirely new pen had a wide cap band
(app 5 mm) initially with a very attractive
engraving with "VACUMATIC" in raised
letters on the cap band, these models are
quite rare. Later the band was engraved
with a pattern of repeated lines leaning left
and right: ///\\\///\\\.
The unequal banded Senior met with an
untimely death and was replaced with the
Maxima a more slender version of the
Senior Maxima.
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Image pending
he third new model was destined to

become the best seller of the
Vacumatic line, the Major. It was
identical to the streamlined Standard
Vacumatics of 1939, only with a cap band
in the style of the two Maximas. The
Slender was also streamlined. The Bottom
Line mostly stayed the same but the Junior
Slender was renamed Juniorette.
Senior Maxima (16mm, 139 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Maxima (14mm, 135mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Major (14 mm Wide, 131 mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Standard (14mm, 131mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Slender (12mm, 125mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Junior (app 14mm, 124mm long)
Burgundy mbl
Grey mbl
Black Reticular
Emerald mbl
Golden Web
Juniorette (12mm, 121mm long)
Black Reticular
Burgundy mbl
Grey mbl
Emerald mbl
Golden Web
he reorganisation of the Bottom Line

took place in 1938. All marble colours
were discontinued and replaced by a
new design referred to as the Shadow
Wave, it was a pattern of wavy, broken,
longitudinal lines set on a black
(transparent) background. The Black
Reticular and the Golden Web were
discontinued although the feature with
black blind caps survived into the Shadow
Wave line. The Bottom Line was still not
streamlined.
Also in 1938 a new model, the Junior

Debutante
was
offered.
It
was
approximately 118 mm long and 12 mm
wide. The clip was still like the normal
"archers arrow" introduced in 1932 but had
the additional engraving "Parker" inside an
elongated "V" running down almost to the
tip of the arrow, this was in fact the clip
later adopted to the Vacumatic filled Parker
51's. The Junior Debutante had a short clip
(app 25 mm) as opposed to the "normal"
clip (app 34 mm). It also had an engraved
cap band (app 3.5 mm) with a pattern of
repeating chevrons and diamonds, this
pattern was later added on some of the
gold filled and sterling silver caps of the
Parker 51.
Senior Maxima (16mm, 139mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Maxima (14mm, 135mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Major (14mm, 131mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Standard (14mm, 131mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Slender (12mm, 125mm Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Junior (app 14mm, 124mm long)
Black Shadow wave
Burgundy Shadow wave
Grey Shadow wave
Green Shadow wave
Brown Shadow wave
J u n i o r D e b u t a n t e ( a p p 1 2 m m , 11 8 m m
long)
Black Shadow wave
Grey Shadow wave
Green Shadow wave
Brown Shadow wave
n 1939 the Bottom Line was restyled in

the manner of the Top Line in 1937. The
pens became more streamlined and
adopted the new Speedline filling system .
The new "Parker" Arrow clip was fitted to
all Vacumatics, including the Top Line. The
Junior Debutante was renamed Sub-Deb
and the engraved cap band was narrowed
to approximately two mm with no
engravings.
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Image pending
he Junior Debutante style did in fact

live on but in 1940 actually moved up to
the Top Line in the form of a model
called Debutante the difference being the
design (the Top Line Debutante, aka Sr
Debutante, was produced in laminated
plastic and the Jr Debutante was made in
the Shadow Wave design) and the addition
of the Blue Diamond to the Sr Debutante.
In the Top Line the Standard and the
Slender became streamlined.
During the late 1938 and 1939 a few pens
appeared with a new clip later referred to
as the "Parker Arrow" clip, this was a new
style clip to come but these early pens had
one distinct different feature: a small star
with five points on top of the clip, just below
the clip ring. The star was meant to be a
mark of lifetime guarantee, but for
uncertain reasons was discontinued and
replaced by the now famous Blue
Diamond. A few things has been suggested
as the reason for the discontinuation of the
star: It was too difficult to produce, being so
fine lined; the foreign markets were
important to the European subsidiaries, not
the least Germany and this star was not
unlike the Jewish David's star; or the star
was simply not a good choice for
advertising reasons, since it was too fine
and would be hard to use in photographic
ads. Another theory is that the star clip
pens were meant for army use, to state Top
Line pens, but without life time guarantee
due to conditions too rough. For any
reasons, the enamelled Blue Diamond was
a better choice. Leaving the star clip as a
rare addition to anyone's later day
collection.
The new Parker Arrow clip first appeared
on the Junior Debutante model in 1938 but
was fitted to all Vacumatics in 1939 The
Top Line also had the Blue Diamond
design, which ensured lifetime guarantee
for it's original owner. All sections,
previously following the colour of the body,
became black. Ditto for the clip- and tassie
screws.
A third, luxury line, was also introduced:
Imperial Major Signet like the Senior
Maxima but with trim in solid gold.
The Imperial Lady Signet like the Slender
Maxima but with trim in solid gold. The
Imperial Signet like the Major but with trim
in solid gold.
The Imperial Debutante Signet like the
Debutante but with trim in solid gold. The
Imperial was like the Major but with a gold
plated cap (much like the forthcoming
Parker 51 only these pens had a screw-on
cap and a threaded section in the pens
colour.
The Imperial Debutante was the same but
in the Debutante style. These pens were
offered in Black and Golden Pearl only.
The Imperial Ensign, Major style with trim
in 14 k solid gold and cap in two-tone green
and yellow solid gold and
Imperial Princess, the same but Debutante.
A very rare model called Imperial Coronet
in solid yellow and green gold was also
produced.

Senior Maxima (16 mm Wide, 139 mm
Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Maxima (14 mm Wide, 135 mm
Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Standard (streamlined)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Slender (streamlined)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Junior (streamlined)
Black Shadow wave
Grey Shadow wave
Green Shadow wave
Brown Shadow wave
Sub Deb (streamlined)
Black Shadow wave
Grey Shadow wave
Green Shadow wave
Brown Shadow wave
Imperial Major Signet (16 mm Wide,
139 mm Long)
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Lady Signet (14
135 mm Long)
Black
Golden Brown
mm
Imperial Signet (14

mm Long)
Black
Golden Brown
Wide,
mm
Imperial Debutante Signet

m m w i d e a n d 11 8 m m l o n g )
Black
Golden Brown
Wide,
(app
131
12
Imperial (14 mm Wide, 131 mm Long)

Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Debutante (app 12 mm wide
a n d 11 8 m m l o n g )
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Ensign
mm Long)
Black
(14
mm
Wide,
131
Imperial Princess (app 12 mm wide

a n d 11 8 m m l o n g )
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Black
Imperial Coronet
All gold Black section
Imperial Coronet
he streamlined Standard pen was

discontinued in 1940 and the Major
filled the gap. (The Major is in fact
referred to as the "Standard" by many
collectors). The Slender was also
discontinued and replaced by the
Debutante, it was very much like the Junior
Debutante but was fitted with the Blue
Diamond and had the two-tone nib. The
Maxima was appropriately renamed
Slender Maxima but stayed unchanged. In
the Bottom Line the Shadow Wave colour
was discontinued and they all adopted the
laminated colours except the burgundy.
This was probably because Parker already
had planned to stop producing the
burgundy in the Top Line, as they also did
in 1941.
Senior Maxima (16 mm Wide, 139 mm
Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Slender Maxima (14 mm Wide, 135 mm
Long)
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
Debutante
Burgundy
Grey
Black
Emerald
Golden Brown
In 1941 a new colour, the Transparent

Azure Blue, was introduced in both lines
and the Burgundy Pearl was discontinued.
Also the Senior Maxima was renamed
Maxima in fact Mark II, to distinguish it from
the slender, late 1930's model. The
Imperial Signet, the Imperial Debutante
Signet, the Imperial Ensign and the
Imperial Princess were all discontinued.
In 1942 came the last of the Vacumatic
filling systems, in all respects like the
aluminium Speedline fillers, but since the
metal was now needed for war purposes
the 1942 plungers were made out of
plastic. At the same time the blind caps
were redesigned became rounded and lost
their tassie rings and jewels. Some pens
exist, made in the transition, with aluminium
plungers inside rounded blind caps. The
cap band of the Maxima was narrowed to
the same width as that of the Major (app 4
mm). Before 1942 the Slender Maxima and
the Major was virtually of the same size,
the difference being the wide cap band,
and most important, the nib size on the
Slender Maxima. The feed usually has the
"W" for wide feed imprint. In 1942 the
bottom jewel disappeared and the plastic
plunger was added, also the wide cap band
on the Maxima was narrowed to
approximately 4 mm. The Slender Maxima
was discontinued.
The 1942-1946 Major (with rounded blind

cap) is in fact quite shorter than the earlier
(two-jewelled) version.
The Vacumatic line underwent no further
changes and was phased out in 1948 since
it was outsold by the incredible Parker 51.
Production of the Vacumatic did however
continue in Canada until 1953. The
Canadian Vacs differed in some ways from
the US-made ones.
(Special thanks to Dan Zazove, Mike
Weiss, Lynn Sorgatz, Frederic L. Propas,
David Isaacson and Michael Fultz)
Junior (laminated)
Golden Brown
Grey
Black
Emerald
Sub Deb (laminated)
Golden Brown
Grey
Black
Emerald
Imperial Major Signet (16 mm Wide, 139
mm Long)
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Lady Signet (14 mm Wide, 135
mm Long)
vBlack
Golden Brown
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Imperial Signet (14 mm Wide, 131 mm

Long)
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Debutante Signet (app 12 mm
wide and 118 mm long)
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial (14 mm Wide, 131 mm Long)
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Debutante (app 12 mm wide and
118 mm long)
Black
Golden Brown
Imperial Ensign (14 mm Wide, 131 mm
Long)
Black
Imperial Princess (app 12 mm wide and
118 mm long)
Black
Imperial Coronet
All gold Black section
Image pending
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1932, 1933, 19341948 (1953)

he Great Depression put brakes to the

Around 1925, a professor Dahlberg at the

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arker in the end had spent $

Golden Arrow July 1932 November 1932.

he very first pens were test marketed in

The test marketing strategy had proven

Parker Pens Penography: GOLDEN ARROW/VACUUM FILLER/V...

it's natural form the ink got sucked into

Golden Arrows, one Parker Duofold and one

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Parker Pens Penography: GOLDEN ARROW/VACUUM FILLER/V...

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A size comparison of the nibs of the first generation lockdown-filler

he new pen was still referred to as the

A combination of the first alternatives is

The 1932 Golden Arrows:

Demonstrator was not really a part of

Parker Pens Penography: GOLDEN ARROW/VACUUM FILLER/V...

whether to market the pen based on its form or

Most Golden arrows have the 1932-1933

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hen the Vacuum Filler was issued, an

The Grey pens had nickel trim, other

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catalogue. The Vacuum Fillers also

that was to follow the subsequent

The 1932-1933 Vacuum Fillers :

the latter was not really a part of the line,

n June 1933 also the name "Vacuum

he Bottom Line nibs were virtually the

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A size comparison of the nibs of the second generation speedline-filler

he marketing of the Vacumatic proved

The Bottom Line models were smaller than

Parker Pens Penography: GOLDEN ARROW/VACUUM FILLER/V...

magazines, 155 daily newspapers and 226

These didn't have the famed Vac arrow,

Standard (14mm, 131mm long)

Demonstrator pens exist. The more

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A model comparison of the third generation plastic speedline filler

Junior Debutante, aka Sub Deb, Azure blue Pearl shown.

Comparison of the three Major sizes, Canadian manufacturing:

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T he co lou rs o f th e t hird g enerat io n Vacum at ics:

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Parker Pens Penography: GOLDEN ARROW/VACUUM FILLER/V...

The 1934 Vacumatics:

t this time there seemed to be two features