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[[File:Dunn-Oversize-No.12-Open.jpg|thumb|An oversize model]]

[[File:Dunn-Oversize-No.12-Open.jpg|thumb|An oversize model]]

[[Dunn]] was founded in New York in [[1921]], but curiously ''Charles Dunn'', the inventor which gave its name to the company, was not between its owners because he died by tuberculosis just few days before the company foundation. It was him that in 1920 created and patented (Patent {{Cite patent|US|1359880}}) an original [[stantuffo tuffante|pump filling system]] similar to the one used by [[OMAS]], more than 10 years later, for the [[Lucens]]. The new filling system allowed to store a large ink capacity, so that one of the slogans adopted for the market launch the [[Camel Tatler]] model was: ''"A regular camel for ink, goes a month without a drink"''.

La [[Dunn]] venne fondata a New York nel [[1921]], ma fra i suoi fondatori non figura direttamente ''Charles Dunn'', l'inventore da cui prende il nome l'azienda, che pare sia morto di tubercolosi poco prima della fondazione della stessa. Questi aveva creato e brevettato nel 1920 (brevetto {{Cite patent|US|1359880}}) un originale sistema di [[stantuffo tuffante|caricamento a pompa]], sostanzialmente identico allo [[stantuffo tuffante]] della [[OMAS]]. Il nuovo sistema di caricamento consentiva di immagazzinare una grande capacità di inchiostro, tanto che uno degli slogan adottati per lanciare sul mercato il modello [[Camel Tatler]] era: ''"A regular camel for ink, goes a month without a drink"''.

[[Image:1922-11-Dunn-Bakelite.jpg|thumb|left|Advertising of 1922, with the slogan ''A regular camel for ink, goes a month without a drink'']]

[[Image:1922-11-Dunn-Bakelite.jpg|thumb|left|Advertising of 1922, with the slogan ''A regular camel for ink, goes a month without a drink'']]

In addition to black hard rubber [[Dunn]] produced also bakelite pens with a transparent barrel (though most of the transparent models were later made in celluloid). Are also known to exists, but to be very rare, some metal [[overlay]] pens.  

In addition to black hard rubber [[Dunn]] produced also bakelite pens with a transparent barrel (though most of the transparent models were later made in celluloid). Are also known to exists, but to be very rare, some metal [[overlay]] pens.  

The end of the company is not very clear, someone report a bankruptcy in [[1924]] caused by a prolonged strike of all the employees. Others say that the company continued operation until [[1927]], because there are trace of it having headquarters in New York, 71 Fifth Ave, when it went off market by its incapacity to adapt its production to the era of the colored celluloid pens. It seems<ref>look at this [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?s=ad059a9e060d5ae6fba92e02ec66b7d5&showtopic=53123 discussion] about this topic in Fountain Pen Network</ref> that in 1924 there was a first instance of failure (whose causes seem to be specifically tied if not for a strike to serious problems of labor relations), which followed an attempt to reorganize the company. This had not happened, leading a few years after the final failure.

The end of the company is not very clear, someone report a bankruptcy in [[1924]] caused by a prolonged strike of all the employees. Others say that the company continued operation until [[1927]], because there are trace of it having headquarters in New York, 71 Fifth Ave, when it went off market by its incapacity to adapt its production to the era of the colored celluloid pens. It seems<ref>look at this [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?s=ad059a9e060d5ae6fba92e02ec66b7d5&showtopic=53123 discussion] about this topic in Fountain Pen Network.</ref> that in 1924 there was a first instance of failure (whose causes seem to be specifically tied if not for a strike to serious problems of labor relations), which followed an attempt to reorganize the company. This had not happened, leading a few years after the final failure.

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