JANESVILLE -- For more than a century, Janesville was known worldwide as the home of the Parker Pen Company. When a stranger asked a Janesville resident what the city was noted for, “Parker pens” was ...
Along with the Coca-Cola bottle, the Singer sewing machine and the Willys Jeep, the Parker pen ranks as one of the best-known symbols of the U.S. around the world. Parker’s shapely”51″ pens signed the ...
“John, whenever you see a bottle of ink on a desk, knock it off! We need to sell more ink!” Those were the words of George Peske, the manager of the Parker Pen Company’s plant in Menomonie in the ...