Hilton Hotel Pen, 2000-2010

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Artifact Overview

Hotels and motels often provide guests with small promotional items that are useful during their stay. Guests at a Hilton hotel in the 2000s could usually find a ball-point pen in their rooms. The pens could be taken home--where they became advertisements for the lodging chain.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Ball-point pen

Date Made

2000-2010

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

Made by Bic Pen Corp. in Mexico.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2011.86.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Metal

Color

Black (Color)
Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Width: 0.5 in
Length: 5.75 in

Inscriptions

Printed on side: H / HILTON / 1-800-HILTONS Stamped on end: BIC / MEXICO