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Sheaffer
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
Sheaffer
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
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Sheaffer

American established 1913
Sheaffer achieved two major milestones in 1924. The first was the introduction of the first mass produced plastic pens, the most famous of these first models are the Sheaffer Jade Seniors. These pens ushered the pen manufacturing industry into the modern plastics age. The second milestone became so identified with Sheaffer that it stands as part of its company logo today: the White Dot. The White Dot first appeared on the top of the cap of the new plastic Senior pens. The original "dot" is actually a round white inlay countersunk flush into the plastic at the center of the top of the cap on the pen. On the first plastic desk pens, the White Dot was found at the tail end of the barrel, below the lever