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Parker Pen Co. Janesville

“Feature Parker Desk Pen Sets” – 1941 article

October 18, 2017Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star, Sept. 28, 1941

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Addresses, Business, General, Manufacturer, Patent 1941, 218 East State St., air-tight sealomatic socket, Desk pen sets, Parker "51" streamline desk pen, Parker Pen Co. Janesville, patented mechanism, prevenys drying out of pen point, Rockford Printing and Supply Co.

“All Munition Orders Here Are Cancelled” – Aug 1945

September 6, 2016Andrew

Source: Rockford Morning Star Aug. 17, 1945

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Buildings, General, Manufacturer, War Industries, War Time $15000000 governemnt ordnance plant on N Main St, .75 and .90 mm shells, 300 employees, A. L. Jackson general contractor, all production has ceased, Barnes plant considered one of best in country, complete cancellation of ammunition orders, employed 350 at peak, General Moters plant at Janesville, George D. Roper Corp., K. L. Pinkenstaedt, Mechanics Universal Joint division, National Sewing Co. at Belvidere, operated by W.F. and John Barnes Co., Parker Pen Co. Janesville, plant will not be sold or scrapped, post-war arsenal, production of .57 MM shells, Ralph Billingham, second addition at ordnance plant, shell contracts cancelled, small .37 shells discontinued, Spengler-Loomis Manufacturing Co., third addition planned to house machiney for making larger projectiles, unable to determine status of building and machinery contracts, W. F. and John Barnes Ordnance Plant

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