{"product_id":"independence-hall-hs-art-deco-ballpoint-1","title":"Independence Hall - HS Art Deco Ballpoint","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndependence Hall - HS Art Deco Ballpoint\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHS Art Deco Ballpoint \u003c\/strong\u003eis a premium quality gold titanium and chrome ballpoint designed by accomplished pen designer, David Broadwell, that features Original 1732 Construction \u003cstrong\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eWitness Wood®.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eThe Pen is created using \u003cem\u003eWitness Wood®\u003c\/em\u003e from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ethe only documented original construction wood removed from \u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e, acquired by \u003cem\u003eHistory Salvaged\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ealong with documentation dating back to the 1898 restoration and renovation of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eBirthplace of America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e, Philadelphia, PA. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eFeatures include spires and starbursts that characterize the period and a Swarovski Fire Crystal in the clip.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eEngraved:\u003cstrong\u003e Independence Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e - Philadelphia, PA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eMade in the USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eEach pen is individually handcrafted and therefore may vary in look and feel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory Salvaged\u003c\/em\u003e acquired ORIGINAL 1732 construction \u003ci\u003eWitness Wood®\u003c\/i\u003e from \u003cb\u003eIndependence Hall.\u003c\/b\u003e  This \u003ci\u003eWitness Wood®\u003c\/i\u003e includes pieces of the beams that supported the floor when both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and signed.  These \u003cb\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Witness Wood®\u003c\/i\u003e beams and railings had once felt the footsteps and touch of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvenance - Independence Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCompleted in 1735 as the Pennsylvania State House, it took two years to build \u003cb\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/b\u003e home of the \u003ci\u003e1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e Continental Congress\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eDeclaration of Independence\u003c\/i\u003e and where the Constitution was debated and put to paper\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDuring the renovation of \u003cb\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/b\u003e in 1897-98, 16 of the original beams holding up the floor on which the giants of the era debated the future of the \u003ci\u003e13 Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e were replaced under the supervision of the project manager and superintendent of the \u003cb\u003eIndependence Hall\u003c\/b\u003e, Samuel Reeves. Rather than discarding the beams, Reeves retained possession of the old timbers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn 1912 Reeves sold the beams to John S. McQuade a builder and member of the Philadelphia City Council for the purposes of cutting them up and making “relics”, but McQuade stored the beams for 12 years and in 1924 sold them to two brothers, Walter and Clarence Deisroth owners of a paper box company in Philadelphia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe Deisroth’s reduced some beams to 100,000+ slivers and sold them as souvenirs during the Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn 1956 the Deisroth’s company went into bankruptcy and at auction Mr. Henry Gouse a retired sales engineer and the Mid-Atlantic Tennis Champion of the 1940s bought the wood at auction. 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