As literacy grew during the Industrial Revolution, more people were writing letters, and those who could afford the best often looked to Waterman.

Another fountain pen innovation from the period was found in U.S. Patent No. 293545, simply titled Fountain Pen.Issued to Lewis E. Waterman of Brooklyn, NY, the patent claims an ink-duct for a ...

One visitor brought along a pristine set of Waterman ballpoint pens, a gift from her father who served in the Dutch Merchant Navy. ... In other parts of Sunday's Antiques Roadshow episode, ...

Frank Dan Waterman, who made the Waterman fountain pen a household word and a worldwide favorite at the turn of the century, loved his adopted city of Eustis. To provide a hotel for the hundreds of… ...

Lewis Waterman opened up the possibility of portable pens with his invention of a practical fountain pen in 1884. ... When the War ended, ballpoint pens went into commercial production in 1945.