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Rocket to the Cristal (The Pattern of Disruption, Part 8)

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Oct 22

By all accounts the crowds were buzzing with excitement one day in late October 1945 at Gimbels department store, located at Manhattan’s Herald Square near the Empire State Building, to see the shiny new “Reynolds Rocket”. With a silver-plated steel body and refillable chamber, an estimated five thousand people showed up on the day it debuted for the chance to lay down $12.50 (over $200 in 2022 dollars) to get their hands on one. American businessman Milton Reynolds had first seen the idea on a trip to Argentina. In the 1930s, fountain pens were essentially 100% of the writing pen …

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By all accounts the crowds were buzzing with excitement one day in late October 1945 at Gimbels department store, located at Manhattan’s Herald Square near the Empire State Building, to see the shiny new “Reynolds Rocket”. With a silver-plated steel body and refillable chamber, an estimated five thousand people showed up on the day it debuted for the chance to …

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