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Dixon's Pencils and Colored Crayons for School Purposes

Description: One booklet entitled Dixon's Pencils and Colored Crayons for School Purposes, published by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1911. This booklet is 24 numbered pages in length, and is illustrated with color and black and white reproductions of colored pencil drawings and sketches. An ornamental design is below the title on the front cover. A color advertisement for Dixon's American Graphite Pencils appears on the back cover. The body of the pamphlet is divided into several titled sections: "Drawing as Part of An Education"; "Drawing in Black"; "Drawing in Color"; and "Economy in Crayons." Interspersed throughout are advertisements for Dixon's pencils. Many of the illustrations are signed by Rachel Weston.
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Date: circa 1911
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Dixon’s Colored Crayons, No. 1535

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Dixon's Colored Crayons, No. 1535, manufactured by Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1910. This box contains 10 colored wax crayons. The box is blue with gold lettering and a decorative border.

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Colored Crayons in Your School

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One pamphlet entitled Colored Crayons in Your School, by Fred Hamilton Daniels, published by Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1930. This pamphlet is 16 numbered pages in length, including the back cover. The pamphlet discusses the use of color in the classroom, the importance of color in learning about art , and how to create art. The front cover is illustrated with a reproduction of a still life drawing of a platter and a vase. A publisher's statement regarding the intended use of the booklet is printed on the back cover. The booklet is illustrated with 6 color reproductions of images using colored pencils and crayons; much of the text discusses each of the images. "The Sparrell Print, Boston" is printed at the bottom inside the back cover.

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Dixon’s Eldorado: 'the master drawing pencil'

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One boxed set of lead pencils entitled Dixon's Eldorado: 'the master drawing pencil,' manufactured by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1940. The set was issued with one dozen pencils; one is missing from this set. The pencils are varying degrees of hardness. The box is blue with gold lettering; the outer box serves as a slipcase for the inner box.

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Two sets of colored pencils manufactured Koh-I-Noor Pencil Company

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Two sets of colored pencils and one Universal Holder No. 48, manufactured by Koh-I-Noor Pencil Co. and L. & C. Hardtmuth, Inc., Czechoslovakia and Bloomsbury, New Jersey, respectively, ca. 1930. The larger of the two pencil sets contains 11 colored pencils and a "lengthener" within a paperboard box and slipcase. The second set is comprised of 4 unused colored pencils within a paperboard box and slipcase. The Universal Holder is a metal pencil-like holder "for Graphite leads No. 2018 - Negro leads No. 2610 [and] Sanguine Leads No. 2620." Title supplied by cataloger.

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Subseries I. Colored Pencils

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This collection contains approximately 700 pieces of ephemera that along with more than 500 separately cataloged books form the Diana Korzenik Collection of Art Education representing the evolution of art education in the United States from mainly 1800 to 1950. The collection was assembled by Massachusetts professor Diana Korzenik over a period of nearly three decades, and the ephemera is composed of instructional materials (e.g. art instruction manuals, art reproductions, drawing books, drawing cards, painting books, penmanship books, etc.), objects (e.g. boxed painting sets, drawing slates, models, drawing desks, colored pencils, crayons, paint, etc.) and non-instructional materials (e.g. promotional materials, scrapbooks, coursework by Korzenik's students, catalogs, etc.). With the exception of the Mabel Spofford archive, which she purchased as a whole, Korzenik pursued each item individually with the aim of assembling frequently overlooked and misunderstood material.

Prang Paper Colored Pencils

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One boxed set of colored pencils entitled Prang Paper Colored Pencils, manufactured by The American Crayon Co., Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1935. The set consists of 12 colored pencils within a paperboard box (all are present). The pencils are paper-wrapped; they are "sharpened" by unwrapping layers of paper. Slipped into the box is an informational sheet about the pencils.

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