Dietzgen Gem Union Drawing Pen
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
notes: label: Description
content: This 5-3/8" steel, German silver, and ebony drawing pen is marked on the blade: E. D.–C<sup><u>o</u></sup>. UNION. A piece missing from the top of the handle may have been intentionally shaved away instead of accidentally broken.
label: Description
content: As part of its Gem Union product line, the Eugene Dietzgen Co. of Chicago sold similar drawing pens, described as 5-1/2" long, in 1904 as model 502 for $1.20 and in 1926 as model 623 for $4.00. Engineer William J. Ellenberger (1908–2008) owned this pen. For his biography, see 1981.0933.25.
label: Description
content: References: <i>Catalog of Eugene Dietzgen Co.</i>, 7th ed. (Chicago, 1904), 54; <i>Catalog of Eugene Dietzgen Co.</i>, 12th ed. (Chicago, 1926), 61.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Pens and Pencils
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William J. Ellenberger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0933.23
label: accession number
content: 1981.0933
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0933.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 13.6 cm x 1 cm; 13/32 in x 5 11/32 in x 13/32 in