Writing on a train
From The Narrow Margin: a train with a writing desk for passenger use.
Falling in love with words
“I have an abiding and foolish affection for old mass-market paperbacks that promise to improve one’s vocabulary or writing.”
Dale Carnegie 2.0
Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People has been updated as How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age.
The government-issue pen
Washington Post article on a dowdy writing instrument
Stopette
An item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
Sal Hepatica
An item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
Musterole
An item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
Argyrol
An item in a catalogue, from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
A Salinger catalogue
From Franny and Zooey, the contents of a medicine cabinet
PUSH
An old metal sign, good advice for reading, writing, and teaching.
On letters and mailboxes
Excerpt from Slywy's piece on letters and mailboxes
Mongol No. 2 3/8
A pencil of the past
How to send telegrams
From a 1949 secretarial manual