The Manhattan Pen Makers Project

Created by Ron Dutcher

(This page revised October 27, 2021)

[ Reference Info Index | Glossary ]

Note
The Manhattan Pen Makers Project was a database created by Ron Dutcher and maintained for several years on his own Web site, which is now defunct. Rather than allow this valuable information to be lost, I have retrieved it from the Internet Archive and recreated the Project here. As I reformatted the files for use on this site, I made the following emendations:

Typographical corrections.

Standardization of forms (e.g., adding periods after abbreviations).

Updates and corrections from more recently available sources, including the addition of more than 125 company names and more than 350 addresses that I have discovered while checking entries (still an ongoing process). Please note that a given individual, e. g., Warren N. Lancaster, might appear under multiple company names as he moved or reconstituted his business.

Ordering of entries on this page alphabetically by last name and chronologically among multiple entries for a given name.

Creation of more than 450 pop-up citations for all address/date combinations that I have been able to verify.

For makers about whom there is information in the database and also in this site’s Glossopedia, addition of links from database maker pages to entries in the Glossopedia.

For makers about whom there is information in this site’s Glossopedia but not in the database, addition of links from names on this page to entries in the Glossopedia.

The following is Ron Dutcher’s original introduction to the Project:

About the Manhattan Pen Makers Project

For a long while this project was merely an Excel spreadsheet that I used to help me keep my pen collection sorted. But it kept growing. It is true that other areas of the United States, like Boston and Cincinnati, for example, were hot spots for gold pen and fountain pen development, but Manhattan has a unique place in fountain pen history.

Levi Brown Office

After all, Manhattan was the birthplace of the American pen industry.

Isaac Hawkins, friend of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, traveled to England and studied the pencil industry in the old world. He befriended Samson Mordan and together developed the first mechanical pencil. Hawkins learned of an English jeweler who had experimented with iridium and pens, but had given up since he found iridium too hard to work and shape. Hawkins tried his hand and created some techniques to work the material, and created the first gold pens tipped with iridium. Hawkins sold the patent rights to a Reverend Cleveland, who returned to America and enlisted Levi Brown, a watchmaker from Detroit, to help him with his pen business. They set up shop in Manhattan and began making pens. Many of the young apprentices of this firm started out on their own, and the pen business grew. Many of the modern pen companies today, like Waterman, can trace their eveloution back to the first Manhattan pens. In most cases, the pen companies have long since disappeared, and little is left of them. Often today pen collectors will find a pen with a New York imprint, but the collector will not be able to find any historical refrence to the pen. Hopefully, this database will help.

I do not pretend to claim that this New York fountain pen makers database is complete. Surely it is not, but please understand that this is still a work in progress. It started out as a reference for myself, but others have urged me to put it online, so here it is.

Special thanks to

George Kovalenko
Robert Astyk
Adam Frank
Guy Lesser
John Loring

A Note About the Dates in the List

The dates listed here refer to the earliest reference that I have found for that pen maker at that address. The dates do not indicate the time of establishement unless I specified so in the biography.

Some company names in the table are links. There are three kinds of links:

Bold links go to pages containing additional information and images that Ron provided about those pen makers.
Italicized links go to entries in this site’s Glossopedia.
Linked names enclosed in parentheses and identified as “formerly,” “later,” “successor to,” or “succeeded by,” go to that pen maker’s entry in the table.

Where information in Ron’s pages conflicts with what is in the Glossopedia, I consider the latter to be the more authoritative.

An address that is a link will display a pop-up dialog showing the citation for the original document that provided that address. For addresses that are not links, I have not yet found citations that tie the exact address to the exact year.


Pen Maker Name	Address	Date

Acme Gold Pen Co.	17 Vanderwater Street	1919
Acme Gold Pen Co.	35 Ann Street	1921
Addison, Wilmarth & Co. (later Eaton, Griffiths & Co.)	68 Spring Street	1835
Aikin, J. C.	19 Maiden Lane	1859
Aikin, J. C., & Co. (formerly Valentine & Aikin)	14 Maiden Lane	1865
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	14 Maiden Lane	1862
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	19 Maiden Lane	1870
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	14 Maiden Lane	1874
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	23 Maiden Lane	1880
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	19 Maiden Lane	1893
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	15 Maiden Lane	1915
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	10 Cortlandt Street	1919
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	163 Front Street	1920
Aikin, Lambert, & Co.	3 Dey Street	1931
Aldine Pen Co.	48 John Street	1897
Aldine Pen Co.	48 John Street	1897
Allen, P. P., & Co.	23 Maiden Lane	1865
American Gold Pen Co.	200 Broadway	1865
American Pen Mfg. Co.	32 Union Square	1916
American Pen Mfg. Co.	105 Hudson Street	1916
American Steel Pen Co.	132 Nassau Street	1855
Arcadian Mfg. Co.	132 Nassau Street	1919
Armeny & Marion	77 Nassau Street	1884
Armeny & Marion	100 Maiden Lane	1887
Armeny & Marion Co., Inc.	90 Nassau Street (Armeny Building)	1890
Autograph Fountain Pen Co.	12 W. 32nd Street	1911
Autograph Fountain Pen Co.	1133 Broadway	1912
Bagley, Albert G. (later Bagley, A. G., & Co.; succeeded by G., & E. M. Smith)	1 Maiden Lane	1848
Bagley, A. G., & Co. (later G., & E. M. Smith; succeeded by Bagley, Houghton, & Co.)	189 Broadway	1848
Bagley, A. G., & Co.	277 Broadway & 12 Maiden Lane	1852
Bagley, Houghton, & Co. (successor to A. G. Bagley, & Co.; succeeded by H. H. Houghton, & Co.)	1 Maiden Lane	1856
Bankers Pen Co.	1 Madison Avenue	1915
Bankers Pen Co.	76 5th Avenue	1917
Bankers Pen Co.	935 Broadway	1918
Bankers Pen Co.	1 Madison Avenue	1921
Banks, Abraham T.	15 Essex Street	1849
Bard & Brother	101 William Street	1849
Bard Brothers & Co.	101 William Street	1850
Bard Brothers & Co.	21 Maiden Lane	1859
Bard, James D.	101 William Street	1849
Bard, James D.	22 Maiden Lane	1865
Barnes, A. S., & Co.	56 E. 10th Street	1896
Barnes, A. S., & Co.	156 5th Avenue	1899
Barnes, A. S., & Co.	101 5th Avenue	1937
Barnet, James C.	2 Barclay Street	1846
Barnett, Ira	21 Beekman Street	1890
Barnett, Ira	61 Beekman Street	1909
Barnett, Ira	396 Broadway	1924
Bassar, Paul		1880
Bassett, C. R., & Co.	New York Street	1860
Beaumel, D. W., & Co.	17 John Street	1897
Beaumel, D. W., & Co.	45 John Street	1903
Beaumel, D. W., & Co.	35 Ann Street	1907
Beaumel, D. W., & Co.	17-27 Vanderwater Street	1920
Beers & Clark	25 John Street	1849
Beers, James B.	25 John Street	1848
Beers, James B.	49 John Street	1851
Beers, James B.	10 John Street	1853
Beers, James B.	9 Maiden Lane	1859
Beers, Judson & Beers	48 John Street	1865
Benton, B. T. (later Benton Brothers; succeeded by Wilmarth & Brother)	1 Cortlandt Street	1851
Benton Brothers (formerly B. T. Benton)	1 Cortlandt Street	1857
Bergquist, Edward (also seen as Berquist)	645 E. Tremont Street	1925
Berk Brothers (Joseph L., & Leon G.)	529 Broadway	1910
Berk Brothers	543 Broadway	1916
Berolzheimer, Illfelder, & Co. (later Berolzheimer, Illfelder & Beckendorfer)	113 William Street	1864
Berolzheimer, Illfelder, & Co.	60 John Street	1866
Berolzheimer, Illfelder & Beckendorfer (formerly Berol, Illfelder, & Co.; later Eagle Pencil Co.)	60 John Street	1874
Berrian, A. J., & Co.	77 Nassau Street	1849
Bierman, Joseph	1476 Wilkins Street	1925
Bird Bill Pen Co. (formerly Held Fountain Pen Mfg. Co.)	309 Broadway	1917
Blair’s Fountain Pen Co.	257 Broadway	1886
Blair’s Fountain Pen Co.	141 Broadway	1896
Blair’s Fountain Pen Co.	163 Broadway	1905
Blair’s Fountain Pen Co.	25 Maiden Lane	1913
Blair’s Fountain Pen Co.	6 John Street	1913
Blakeney’s (Thomas Blakeney)	209 Bleecker Street	1849
Blakeney’s	41 & 42 Nassau Street	1849
Blakeney’s	42-44 Nassau Street	1850
Blakeney’s	25 John Street	1852
Blakeney, William E.	86 Nassau Street	1852
Bogart, J. F. (successor to Lapham & Bogart)	202 Broadway	1888
Bradish, J. I., & Co.	48 John Street	1906
Bremond, P. D., & Co.	102 Nassau Street	1849
Broadway Gold Pen Mfg. Co.	335 Broadway	1857
Brown, Archibald T.	77 Nassau Street	1847
Brown, Henry A., & Co.	121 Nassau Street	1857
Brown, Henry A., & Co.	181 Broadway	1859
Brown, Levi	169 Jay Street	1839
Brown, Levi	179 Broadway	1840
Byers & Hayes Co. (B&H)	68 Barclay Street	1916
C & C Fountain Pen Co.		1905
Cambridge Pen Co.	334 5th Avenue	1918
Carey Pen Co.	11 Park Row	1909
Carey Pen Co.	196 Broadway	1910
Carey Pen Co.	1433 Broadway	1914
Carey Pen Co.	1354 Broadway	1920
Case, E. M.	90 Nassau Street	1898
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	189 Broadway	1887
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	157 Broadway	1890
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	104 Broadway	1890
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	168 Broadway	1896
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	46 Vesey Street	1906
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	76 Duane Street	1915
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	78 Reade Street	1920
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	72 Duane Street	1920
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	111 Broadway	1922
Caw’s Ink & Pen Co.	200 Broadway	1927
Central Pen & Mfg. Co.	206 Centre Street	1902
Certified Fountain Pen Co.	135 Maiden Lane	1925
Champion Pen Co.	543 Broadway	1940
Christian, J. F.		1870
Clark, Everett	25 John Street	1849
Clark, J. M.	189 Broadway	1865
Clarke, G. S., & Co.	26 Maiden Lane	1859
Clutch Pencil Co.	111 Nassau Street	1914
Clutch Pencil Co.	535 Pearl Street	1925
Coleman, James W.	173 Broadway	1865
Collins, Peter D.	64 Fulton Street	1903
Collins, Peter D., & Co.	161 Grand Street	1918
Columbia Pen & Novelty Co.	1 2nd Avenue	1925
Commercial Mfg. Co.	709 Greenwich Street	1906
Commercial Mfg. Co.	799 Greenwich Street	1906
Commercial Mfg. Co.	797-799 Greenwich Street	1907
Conklin, Alex, & Co.	New York Street	1870
Cordell Universal Pen Co.	784 Southern Boulevard	1950
Crawford, J, & Co.	10 John Street	1892
Crawford, J, & Co.	11 John Street	1919
Cross & Bergullin	17 Maiden Lane	1906
Cunningham, William	36 John Street	1897
Cutter, Tower & Co. (later Tower, Gildersleeve, & Co.)	7 Beekman Street	1858
Cutter, Tower & Co.	130-136 Nassau Street	1866
Cutter, Tower & Co.	76 Chambers Street	1868
Darrow, Walter R.	4 Cortlandt Street	1852
Darrow, Walter R.	3 John Street	1853
Dawson, Rollin L.	10 Maiden Lane	1856
Dawson, Warren & Hyde	10 Maiden Lane (?)	1851
Dawson, Warren & Hyde	10 Maiden Lane	1856
Dawson, Warren & Hyde	4 Maiden Lane	1860
Deacon, Edward	151 Spring Street & 90 Thompson Street	1846
Dean, Merrick B.	885 Broadway	1858
DeWirtridge, S. H.	39 Maiden Lane	1870
DeWolf, Hyman S.	536 E. 88th Street	1894
DeWolf, Hyman S.	57 E. 117th Street	1910
Diamond Point Pen Co.	223 Broadway	1897
Diamond Point Pen Co.	231 Broadway	1899
Diamond Point Pen Co.	100 Beekman Street	1905
Diamond Point Pen Co.	100-102 Beekman Street	1907
Diamond Point Pen Co.	86-88 Fulton Street	1908
Dictator Fountain Pen Co.	342 Madison Avenue	1921
Dictator Fountain Pen Co.	348 Madison Avenue	1922
Dods, Harry B.	409 Broome Street	1916
Dods, Harry B.	187 Lafayette Street	1917
Dubel-Servis Corp. (also advertised as Du-Bel Servis)	130 W. 42nd Street	1924
Duke & Co.	153 E. 184th Street	1925
Dunkley Pen, Inc.	17 Battery Place	1925
Dunn-Pen Co., Inc.	709 6th Avenue	1921
Dunn-Pen Co., Inc.	300 Madison Avenue	1921
Dunn-Pen Co., Inc.	71 5th Avenue	1924
Dunn-Pen Co., Inc.	170 Broadway	1925
Duryea Co.	108 Broadway	1897
Duryea Co.	32 Maiden Lane	1901
Duryea Co.	106 Fulton Street	1905
Duryea Co.	108 Fulton Street	1905
Eagle Pencil Co. (formerly Berol, Illfelder & Beckendorfer)	73 Franklin Street	1887
Eagle Pencil Co.	377-379 Broadway	1899
Eagle Pencil Co.	703 E. 13th Street	1920
Eagle Regalia Co.	115 Nassau Street	1911
Eagle Regalia Co.	298 Broadway	1957
Eaton, Griffiths & Co. (formerly Addison, Wilmarth & Co.; later W. M. Wilmarth)	72 Spring Street	1849
Eaton, Griffiths & Co.	25 Maiden Lane	1852
Eaton, Tarbox & Co.	19 Maiden Lane	1856
Eburn, William S.	SW corner Cortlandt & Greenwich Streets	1870
Eclipse Pen & Pencil Co.	161 Grand Street	1918
Eclipse Pen & Pencil Co.	42 E. Houston Street	1925
Eclipse Pen & Pencil Co.	405 Lexington Avenue (Chrysler Building)	1931
Eggens-Hambler Co., Inc. (EHCO)	180 Broadway	1922
Elliott, William	8 Burlington Alley	1852
Empire Pen Co.	32 John Street	1865
Empire Fountain Pen Co.	312 E. 75th Street	1914
Empire Fountain Pen Co.	65 E. 9th Street	1925
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.	75 John Street	1867
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.	26 John Street	1887
Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.	99 John Street	1915
Evans, D. W., & Co.	677 Broadway	1854
Evans, Evan R.	46 Ridge Street	1906
Faber, Eberhard	545-547 Pearl Street	1887
Fairchild, Leroy C., & Co.	10 Maiden Lane	1884
Fairchild, Leroy C., & Co.	30 W. 36th Street	1915
Fairchild, Leroy C., & Co.	49 E. 21st Street	1927
Fairchild, Leroy W.	135 William Street	1859
Fairchild, Leroy W.	110 William Street	1865
Fairchild, Leroy W.	18 John Street	1884
Fairchild, Leroy W.	189 Broadway	1887
Fairchild, Leroy W., & Co.	220 4th Avenue	1899
Fellows & Co.	17 Maiden Lane	1857
Fifth Ave Fountain Pen Co.	815 W. 179th Street	1925
Foley Gold Pen Co.	18 John Street	1889
Foley, D. F. & Co.	23 Maiden Lane	1889
Foley, D. F.	180 Broadway	1891
Foley, John	167 Broadway	1852
Foley, John	169 Broadway (Gilsey Building)	1865
Foley, John	262 Broadway	1869
Foley, John	256 Broadway	1870
Foley, John	2 Astor House	1873
Foley, John	18 John Street	1887
Foley, John	169 Broadway	1903
Foley, John, Jr.	2 Astor House	1889
Foley, John, Jr.	6 Astor House	1906
Fountain Falcon Pen Co.	251 Broadway	1889
Fountain Ink Co.	75 John Street	1884
Fountain Ink Co.	62 Cliff Street	1884
Franklin Pen Co.		1854
Franklin Pen Co.	373 Broadway	1904
Frazer & Geyer Co.	36 Gold Street	1900
Frazer & Geyer Co.	22 Thames Street	1901
Friedlander Co.	49 W. 23rd Street	1931
Gallagher, James B.	16 Maiden Lane	1856
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	17 John Street	1906
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	47 Ann Street	1915
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	56 John Street	1918
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	60 John Street	1919
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	64-68 Fulton Street	1921
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	64 Fulton Street	1928
Gaydoul Gold Pen Co., Inc.	117 Fulton Street	1931
Gem Fountain Pen Co.	59 Park Place	1918
Gem Fountain Pen Co.	53-61 Park Place	1931
Gerard, James, & Co.	24 Nassau Street	1870
Gillott, Joseph	91 John Street	1849
Gillott, Joseph, & Sons	93 Chambers Street	1906
Globe Import Co., Inc.	31 Union Square	1931
Golden Rule Mfg. Co., Ltd.	135 Maiden Lane	1922
Gold Pen Mfg. Co.	183 Greenwich Street	1853
Goldsmith Bros.	73 Nassau Street	1906
Goldsmith Bros.	32 Union Square	1910
Goldsmith Bros.	77 Nassau Street	1914
Goldsmith Bros.	91 Nassau Street	1920
Goldsmith Bros.	20 John Street	1922
Goldsmith Bros.	77 Nassau Street	1922
Goldsmith Bros.	75-77 Nassau Street	1961
Grant, S. J.	544 Broadway	1869
Grau, Edward	18 Spruce Street	1906
Gray, Robert	169 Spring Street	1852
Greaton, John W.	71 Cedar Street	1848
Greaton, John W.	201 Broadway	1850
Greaton, John W.	23 Maiden Lane	1852
Greaton, John W.	125 Eldridge Street	1871
Greaton, John W.	71 Cedar Street	1881
Griswold, Stephen M.	177 Broadway	1858
Griswold, Stephen M.	18 John Street	1876
Hague, John	New York Street	1839
Hambler, William H.	141 Broadway	1885
Hambler, William H.	158 Fulton Street	1905
Harris, J., & Co.	535 Pearl Street	1918
Harris, J., & Co.	110 E. 23rd Street	1931
Harris, j., Fountain Pen Co.	111 Nassau Street	1915
Harrison & Bradford	293 Broadway	1861
Harrison & Bradford	136 W. 37th Street	1865
Harrison & Bradford	218 W. 37th Street	1869
Harvard Pen Co.	104 Broadway	1884
Harvard Pen Co.	152 Broadway	1884
Hawkes, George F.	1-3 John Street	1845
Hawkes, George F.	64 Nassau Street	1859
Hawkes, George F.	66 Nassau Street	1870
Hawkes, George F.	18 John Street	1909
Heath, George W., & Co.	137 Elm Street	1892
Heath, George W., & Co.	27 Thames Street	1906
Heath, George W., & Co.	108 1st Street	1906
Heath, George W., & Co.	380 Canal Street	1910
Held Fountain Pen Mfg. Co. (later Bird Bill Pen Co.)	309 Broadway	1915
Hering & Co.	17 John Street	1901
Hering & Co.	17-19 John Street	1904
Hering & Co.	47 Ann Street	1908
Hering & Co.	50 John Street	1916
Herts, H. B., & Sons	509 Broome Street	1846
Herts, H. B., & Sons	86 John Street	1849
Hicks, William S.	5 Liberty Place	1869
Hicks, William S.	20 Maiden Lane	1869
Hicks, William S.	231-235 Greenwich Street	1888
Hicks, William S. Sons	235 Greenwich Street	1899
Hicks, William S. Sons	19 Maiden Lane	1931
Hicks, William S. Sons	15 Maiden Lane	1932
Hill & Hill, Inc.	40 W. Broadway	1931
Hodge, Robert	38 Maiden Lane	1785
Hodge, Robert	237 Queen Street	1788
Hodge, Robert	37 King Street	1789
Hodgkins, Leonard R.	43 Lispenard Street	1849
Hodgkins, Leonard R.	122 Fulton Street	1852
Hodgkins & Maddox	122 Fulton Street	1852
Hoe, Henry	91 John Street	1876
Holmes, F. W., & Sons	409 Pearl Street	1890
Holmes, F. W., & Sons	97 Cliff Street	1904
Holmes, F. W., & Sons	97 Gold Street	1906
Holmes, F. W., Sons	97 Cliff Street	1908
Holmes, F. W., Sons	409 Pearl Street	1920
Horn, M. T., Co.	86 Park Place	1903
Horn, M. T., Co.	114 Park Place	1913
Houghton, H. H.	189 Broadway	1849
Houghton, H. H., & Co. (successor to Bagley, Houghton, & Co.)	1 Maiden Lane	1856
Hulse, James	7 Dey Street	1846
Hulse, James	4 Cortlandt Street	1852
Hunt, C. Howard, Pen Co.	82 Duane Street	1906
Hutcheon Bros.	37 Maiden Lane	1918
Hutcheon Bros.	241 Centre Street	1931
Hyde, Ellsworth H.	10 Maiden Lane	1856
Hyde, Ellsworth H.	4 Maiden Lane	1859
Ideal Pen Co. (later Waterman, Lewis E.)	136 Fulton Street	1883
Ideal Pen Co.	10 Murray Street	1884
Ideal Pen Co.	155 Broadway	1885
India Rubber Pen Co.	57 Liberty Street	1860
India Rubber Pen Co.	79 John Street	1869
Inkograph Co., Inc.	503 5th Avenue	1915
Inkograph Co., Inc.	21 W. 42nd Street	1921
Inkograph Co., Inc.	173-77 Centre Street	1925
Inkograph Co., Inc.	199-59 Centre Street	1927
Inkograph Co., Inc.	161-77 Centre Street	1929
Inkograph Co., Inc.	159-201 Centre Street	1931
Inkograph Co., Inc.	200 Hudson Street	1941
Iridium Point Pen Co.	150 Nassau Street	1911
Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.	753 Broadway	1887
Jessop, Henry	91 John Street	1842
Johnson, E. S. (Ephraim S. Johnson)	121 Fulton Street	1859
Johnson, E. S.	15 Maiden Lane	1864
Johnson, E. S.	26 Maiden Lane	1877
Johnson, E. S. (Daniel W. Johnson only)	1 Maiden Lane	1906
Kaiser, John J.	55 Dey Street	1906
Keene (Charles A. Keene)	180 Broadway	1918
Keene	189 Broadway	1925
Kelly, James	21 Ann Street	1925
Kennedy, H. P., & Co.	17 John Street	1860
Kerner Pen Co.	25 Bond Street	1887
Kerner Pen Co.	15 Bond Street	1889
Ketcham & McDougall	4 Liberty Place	1879
Ketcham & McDougall	198 Broadway	1897
Ketcham & McDougall	37 Maiden Lane	1897
Ketcham & McDougall	15 Maiden Lane	1915
Kettle, Louis A.	65 Maiden Lane	1848
Kettle	173 Greenwich Street	1853
Keueffel & Esser Co.	127 Fulton Street	1892
Knapp, John H.	14 Maiden Lane	1858
Knapp, John H.	17 John Street	1869
Knapp, John H.	23 John Street	1899
Knapp, John H., Co.	2 Dutch Street	1906
Kurtz & Monaghan	1 Maiden Lane	1868
Lancaster Fountain Pen Co. (Warren N. Lancaster)	25 E. 14th Street	1882
Lancaster	212 Broadway	1883
Lancaster	839 Broadway	1883
Lancaster’s Pens (Warren N. Lancaster)	239 5th Avenue	1923
Warren N. Lancaster Pen Co.	527 5th Avenue	1926
Lapham, D. W., & Co.	102 Nassau Street	1890
Lapham, D. W., & Co.	130 Fulton Street	1893
Lapham & Bogart (succeeded by J. F. Bogart)	3 John Street	1884
Lapham & Bogart	202 Broadway	1886
Larcombe, Hicks & Mitchell	5 Liberty Place & 20 Maiden Lane	1853
Leman, G. W., & Bro.	116 William Street	1887
Leman, G. W., & Bro.	51 Fulton Street	1897
Leman, M. H. & Son	116 William Street	1865
Lenihan, John	10 Cortlandt Street	1898
Lenihan, John	32 Church Street	1906
Lenihan, John	50 John Street	1916
Lenihan, John	56 John Street	1919
Levy, Henry B.	7 Astor House	1897
Levy, Henry B.	231 Broadway	1898
Levy, Joseph J.	103 Franklin Street	1846
Levy Fountain Pen Co.	985 Simpson Street	1914
Liberty Fountain & Gold Pen Co.	69 Cortlandt Street	1914
Liberty Fountain & Gold Pen Co.	380 Canal Street	1917
Lincoln Fountain Pen Co.	108 Fulton Street	1895
Lincoln Fountain Pen Co.	36 Gold Street	1900
Lincoln Fountain Pen Co.	22 Thames Street	1905
Lovejoy, Daniel	16 Watts Street	1850
Lovejoy, Daniel	169 Spring Street	1856
Lovejoy, Daniel	187 W. 42nd Street	1858
Lovejoy & Glover	169 Spring Street	1852
Luckey, C. N., & Co.	36 Maiden Lane	1859
Ludden, William A.	89 Maiden Lane	1857
Ludden, William A.	169 Broadway (Gilsey Building)	1860
Ludden’s Gold Pen & Pencil Case Co.	179 Broadway	1877
Ludden & Taylor	8 John Street & 192 Broadway	1877
Ludden & Dow	192 Broadway	1880
Lyon’s Platinum Pen Co.	42 John Street	1904
Lyon’s Platinum Pen Co.	65 Nassau Street	1904
Lyra Lead Pencil Co.	228 Pearl Street	1887
Mabie, Todd & Bard	180 Broadway	1876
Mabie, Todd & Bard	55 Liberty Street	1887
Mabie, Todd & Bard	198 Broadway	1889
Mabie, Todd & Bard	130 Fulton Street	1899
Mabie, Todd & Co. (I)	17 Maiden Lane	1859
Mabie, Todd & Co. (II)	17 Maiden Lane	1912
MacKinnon Pen Co.	192 Broadway	1876
MacKinnon Pen Co.	21 Park Row	1878
MacKinnon Pen Co.	200 Broadway	1880
Maconnell, James	28 Maiden Lane	1856
Maconnell, James	52 Nassau Street	1859
Macpherson, George W.	274 Walker Street	1852
Magee & Hulse	7 Dey Street	1846
Manhattan Novelty Co.	256 Broadway	1902
Manhattan Novelty Co.	227 Canal Street	1931
Marathon Fountain Pen Co.	32 Union Square	1927
Marathon Fountain Pen Co.	12 Union Square	1932
Marlboro Co.	309 5th Avenue	1931
Master-Craft Pen Corp.	59 Park Place	1931
Masterlite Mfg. Co.	110 E. 23rd Street	1926
Mathewson & Allen	20 Maiden Lane	1856
Mauri, H., Co.	154 Nassau Street (Tribune Building)	1919
Maycock, S., & Co.	Society Hall Place	1837
Miller Bros. Cutlery Co.	325 Broadway	1895
Miller Bros. Cutlery Co.	309 Broadway	1906
Miller Bros. Cutlery Co.	305 Broadway	1922
Miller, Theodore	304 Greenwich	1906
Mitchell, Frank E.	46 Ridge Street	1915
Model Fountain Pen Co.	44 E. 23rd Street	1915
Modern Pen Co.	22 Thames Street	1915
Modern Pen Co.	170 Broadway	1918
Modern Pen Co.	533 Maiden Lane	1921
Monaghan, Joseph	1 Maiden Lane	1871
Monaghan, Joseph	652 Broadway	1876
Monroe Fountain Pen Co.	405 Lexington Avenue (Chrysler Building)	1931
Moore Pen Co. (Francis Moore)	10 Cortlandt Street, 3rd floor	1869
Moore Pen Co.	15 Maiden Lane	1918
Morgan Pen and Pencil Co.	116 Nassau Street
Morrison Fountain Pen Co.	1547 Broadway	1925
Morrison Fountain Pen Co.	1600 Broadway	1931
Morrison Fountain Pen Co.	79 5th Avenue	1941
Morrison Fountain Pen Co.	3 E. 14th Street	1958
Morrison Fountain Pen Co.	80 5th Avenue	1967
Morton, A., & Co. (Alexander Morton)	25 Maiden Lane	1853
Morton, James	25 Maiden Lane	1872
Muirheld-Winter Co.	200 5th Avenue	1919
Myer, Phineas	33 Maiden Lanet	1865
National Pen Co.	112 E. 125th Street	1906
New Diamond Point Pen Co.	44 E. 23rd Street	1918
New Diamond Point Pen Co.	129 Lafayette Street	1921
New Diamond Point Pen Co.	333 Hudson Street	1931
New Diamond Point Pen Co.	236 5th Avenue	1967
New York Gold Pen Co.	183 Greenwhich Street	1853
New York Gold Pen Co.	171 Broadway	1906
Newton, C. F.	1 Maiden Lane	1859
Newton, Kurtz & Co.	1 Maiden Lane	1865
Norton, A., & Son		1870
Norton & Son		1880
Novelty Fountain Pen Co.	419 Broadway	1890
Oettinger, M. B.	78 Nassau Street	1851
Oriental Art Studios	11-35 W. 35th Street	1931
Owen, Henry	91 John Street	1865
Pearce, F. T., & Co.	3 Maiden Lane	1906
Pearce, F. T., & Co.	180 Broadway	1915
Peddie, Charles B.	189 Broadway	1846
Penco		1930
Penographic Pen Co.	2 W. 47th Street	1926
Penographic Pen Co.	152 W. 42nd Street	1931
Pen-O-Matic Corp.		1944
Pen-O-Matic Corp.	274 E. 175th Street (Kroe, Alexander S., agent)	1949
Pen-O-Pencil Co, Inc.	1 W. 47th Street	1929
Pen-Pencil Co.	1 W. 47th Street	1946
Perry & Co.	450 Broome Street	1897
Phillips, William	1 Maiden Lane	1857
Phineas, Myer W.	414 4th Avenue	1846
Phineas, Myer W.	128 Wiliam Street	1849
Phineas, Myer W.	118 Wiliam Street	1852
Popular Fountain Pen Co.	257 Broadway	1887
Post Fountain Pen Co.	120 W. 14th Street	1901
Post Fountain Pen Co.	116-119 W. 14th Street	1902
Post Fountain Pen Co.	117 W. 14th Street	1903
Post Fountain Pen Co.	120 W. 14th Street	1906
Post Fountain Pen Co.	128 W. 14th Street	1910
Post Fountain Pen Co.	120 W. 14th Street	1918
Post Self Filling Fountain Pen Co.	120 W. 14th Street	1906
Post Self Filling Fountain Pen Co.	126 W. 14th Street	1915
Postal Pen Co.	25 W. 43rd Street	1925
Postal Pen Co.	41 Park Row	1926
Postal Pen Co.	25 W. Broadway	1932
Potsdamer & Ludden	39 Maiden Lane	1857
Price, J. T., & Co. (H. C. Godspeed)	37 Park Row	1868
Prime (Edward Y. Prime)		1848
Prince, N. A.	271 Broadway	1848
Prince, N. A.	212 Broadway	1869
Prince Protean Pen Co.	262 Broadway	1858
Prince Protean Pen Co.	267 Broadway	1859
Purdy, John S.	355 Broadway	1866
Purdy, John S.	212 Broadway	1869
Purdy, John S.	113 Broadway	1885
Purdy, John S.	304 Broadway	1887
Ratner, M., & Son Pen Co., Inc.		1924
Ratner, M., & Son Pen Co., Inc.	112 W. 44th Street	1926
Rauch, John H.	19 Maiden Lane	1856
Reliable Pen Co.	79 Centre Street	1909
Reliable Pen Co.	36 Gold Street	1910
Reliable Pen Co.	421 Broadway	1915
Reliable Pen Co.	15 Park Row	1931
Rendell, John	170 Broadway	1849
Rendell, John	132 William Street	1853
Rendell & Fairchild	132 William Street	1853
Ripke, Theodore	152 William Street	1846
Risley, John	128 Canal Street	1846
Rogers & Kaiser	55 Dey Street	1906
Ropes, H., & Co.	82 Nassau Street	1859
Ropes, H., & Co. (selling stereoscopes and views)	323 Broadway	1859
Rowley, C. B.	262 Broadway	1887
Sackett Fountain Pen Co.	169 & 171 Broadway	1890
St. George Fountain Pen Co.	90 Nassau Street	1915
Salomon, A. L. & Co.	339 Broadway	1906
Salz Brothers	45 W. 34th Street	1915
Salz Brothers	71 W. 35th Street	1917
Salz Brothers	75 W. 35th Street	1921
Salz Brothers	102 W. 101st Street	1931
Salz Brothers	44 W. 28th Street (Salz Building)	1943
Sanford & Bennett Co.	51 Maiden Lane	1901
Sanford & Bennett Co.	51-53 Maiden Lane	1907
Savage, J. Y. (John Y. Savage)	92 Fulton Street	1848
Schnell, Julius L., Pen Co.	18 Spruce Street	1903
Schnell, Julius L., Pen Co.	9 Franklin Street	1915
Schnibbe, John C.	31 John Street	1852
Selden Pen Mfg. Co.	140 Nassau Street	1906
Shaw & Arrowsmith	7 Dey Street	1846
Sherwood & Silpernic Pen Co.	80 W. Broadway	1906
Shatkun & Kahn	1433-1439 38th Street	1896
Shatkun & Kahn	118 Walker Street	1919
Shipman, A. L., & Sons	10 Murray Street	1876
Shipman’s, A. L., Sons	20 Murray Street	1890
Shipman’s, A. L., Sons	12 Warren Street	1899
Smith, Darrow & Co.	25 Maiden Lane	1849
Smith, Darrow & Co.	16 Maiden Lane	1852
Smith, G., & E. M. (formerly A. G. Bagley)	16 Maiden Lane	1850
Smith, H. M., & Co.	83 Nassau Street	1864
Smith, H. M., & Co.	173 Broadway	1887
Smith, H. M., & Co.	83 Nassau Street	1899
Smith, William P.	101 Wiliam Street	1852
Smith & Todd	101 William Street	1853
Smith & Todd	17 Maiden Lane	1857
Snow, J. D., Co.		1940
Soper, Benjamin	90 Fulton Street	1897
Soper & Sievewright	89 Fulton Street	1901
Spence, Harvey H.	29 Maiden Lane	1887
Spence, Robert W.	152 Broadway	1906
Spencer & Rendell	2 Maiden Lane	1845
Spencer & Rendell	170 Broadway	1847
Spencerian Pen Co.	450 Broome Street	1899
Spencerian Pen Co.	810 Broadway	1897
Spencerian Pen Co.	349 Broadway	1901
Stearns, Thomas G	262 Broadway	1859
Stearns, Thomas G	267 Broadway	1859
Stockmann’s	75 Nassau Street	1884
Stratford Pen Co.	44 W. 28th Street (Salz Building)	1943
Sturdy, J. H., & Co.	169 Broadway (Gilsey Building)	1856
Sturdy, J. H., & Co.	171 Broadway	1857
Sutton Pen Co.	16 William Street	1907
Sutton Pen Co.	19 William Street	1907
Sutton Pen Co.	15 William Street	1912
TANY (Thomas Addison)	New York, Ward 14	1825
Tempoint Pen Co.	130 W. 42nd Street	1918
Todd, Charles P.	169 Broadway (Gilsey Building)	1859
Todd, Charles P.	14 Maiden Lane	1865
Todd, Edward, & Co.	44 E. 14th Street	1887
Todd, Edward, & Co.	208 5th Avenue	1902
Todd, Edward, & Co.	1 W. 34th Street	1915
Todd, Edward, & Co.	100 6th Avenue	1931
Tower, Gildersleeve, & Co. (formerly Cutter, Tower & Co.; succeeded by S. A. Tower & Co.)	76 Chambers Street	1872
Tower, S. A., & Co. (successor to Tower, Gildersleeve, & Co.; later Tower Mfg. Co.)	365 Broadway	1873
Tower, S. A., & Co.	306 Broadway	1875
Tower Mfg. Co. (formerly S. A. Tower & Co.)	306 Broadway	1876
Tower Mfg. Co.	136 Broadway	1915
Traylance Pen Co.	130 W. 42nd Street	1924
Ullrich, J., & Co. (JUCO)	106 Liberty Street	1888
Ullrich, J., & Co.	106-108 Liberty Street	1890
Ullrich, J., & Co.	108 Liberty Street	1897
Ullrich, J., & Co.	135 Greenwich Street	1904
Ullrich, J., & Co.	27 Thames Street	1899
Ullrich, J., & Co.	161 Washington Street	1923
Underwood Pen Co.	693 Broadway	1920
Union Fountain Pen Co. (I)	34 Watts Street	1904
Union Fountain Pen Co. (II)	1547 Broadway	1926
Universal Fountain Pen Co.		1935
U. S. Fountain Pen Co. (later U. S. Victor Fountain Pen Co.)	115 Worth Street	1918
U. S. Victor Fountain Pen Co. (formerly U. S. Fountain Pen Co.)	115 Worth Street	1919
U. S. Victor Fountain Pen Co.	109 Lafayette Street	1924
U. S. Victor Fountain Pen Co.	2 Lafayette Street	1931
U. S. Victor Fountain Pen Co.	395 Broadway	1936
U. S. Victor Fountain Pen Co.	226 Lafayette Street	1950
Utter, William F.	12 John Street	1906
Valentine, E. D., & Co.	15 Maiden Lane	1865
Valentine & Aikin (later J. C. Aikin & Co.)	14 Maiden Lane	1862
Vanderoff & Ball	10 Cortlandt Street	1869
Van Horn, Winfield S.	150 Nassau Street	1906
Van Valkenburg & Ludden	179 Broadway	1865
Wade, F. B.	251 Broadway	1849
Wanger Pen Co.	92-94 Murray Street	1912
Wanger Pen Co.	261 Broadway	1913
Warren, Ludden & Sollace	33 Maiden Lane	1859
Washington Medallion Pen Co. (formerly American Steel Pen Co.)	293 Broadway	1857
Washington Medallion Pen Co.	58 Cedar Street	1860
Washington Medallion Pen Co.	83 Cedar Street	1861
Waterman, A. A., Pen Co.	22 Thames Street	1902
Waterman, A. A., Pen Co.	170 Broadway	1918
Waterman, Lewis E. (formerly Ideal Pen Co.; later Waterman, L. E., Pen Co.)	155 Broadway	1887
Waterman, L. E., Pen Co. (formerly Waterman, Lewis E.)	155 Broadway	1897
Waterman, L. E., Pen Co.	173 Broadway	1906
Waterman, L. E., Pen Co.	191 Broadway	1918
Webster Pen Co.	37 Maiden Lane	1905
Wiley, Edwin C.	120 William Street	1887
Willard Pen Co.	170 5th Avenue	1918
Willard Pen Co.	324 W. 39th Street	1920
Willard Pen Co.	318 W. 39th Street	1921
Wilmarth, W. M. (William M. Wilmarth; formerly Eaton, Griffiths & Co.)	44 Maiden Lane	1856
Wilmarth & Brother (E. F., & O. H. Wilmarth; successors to B. T. Benton)	1 Cortlandt Street	1849
Wilmarth & Clussman	21 Maiden Lane	1859
Wilrite Fountain Pen Co.	312-314 Lafayette Street	1927
Wilson & Maney Benton	169 Broadway (Gilsey Building)
Worth, H. S., & Co.		1890
Wright, Charles C., & Co.	92 Maiden Lane	1842
Yale Fountain Pen Co.	149 Wiliam Street	1885
Yale Fountain Pen Co.	120 William Street	1887
Yale Fountain Pen Co.	126 Wiliam Street	1888

This page is part of the Manhattan Pen Makers Project, originated by Ron L. Dutcher. As with other reference articles on this site, you should not take this information as absolutely authoritative or complete. I would be remiss were I to fail to acknowledge the encouragement and assistance Mike Kennedy has generously given me as I continue to pursue the codification and expansion of this database. Thanks also to Jan Koenig.