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'Crayograph': The Original Pressed Crayon

Description: One manufacturer's advertisement entitled 'Crayograph': The Original Pressed Crayon, published by The American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio, 1931. The leaflet is 8 numbered pages in length and is made from a single sheet, folded into fourths. It is illustrated with blue and green images, and contains suggestions for various craft projects using Prang Crayograph crayons.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1931
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
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Babb’s Special Pressed Crayon, No. 2

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Babb's Special Pressed Crayon, No. 2, manufactured by Edward E. Babb & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The set consists of 8 colored crayons in a gray slipcase box. "Manufactured by Binney & Smith Co." is printed on the wrapper of each crayon.

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Six boxed sets of crayons manufactured by The American Crayon Company

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Six sets of boxed color crayons, all manufactured by The American Crayon Co., Sandusky, Ohio and New York, circa 1935. Set 1: Prang Pastello 8 Set 2: "Pastello" No. 5A Five Colors Set 3: Pastello No. 41 Set 4: Painting Crayons, No. 341 (water color crayons) Set 5: American: The 'Old Faithful' Crayons, 41 Set 6: American: The 'Old faithful' Crayons, 45 Title supplied by cataloger.

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Garrett’s Pressed Crayons, No. 8P

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Garrett's Pressed Crayons, No. 8P, manufactured by the Brodhead-Garrett Co., Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1930. The brown and yellow-colored box contains 8 colored wax crayons.

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"Crayonexing": The Crafts and Classroom Medium

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One pamphlet (a single sheet, folded in half and then into thirds) entitled "Crayonexing": The Crafts and Classroom Medium, published by American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio, 1933. Printed in blue and black, the pamphlet is illustrated and provides ideas and suggestions for using Crayonex crayons, including: "'Crayonex' on Paper" (pages 1-3); "'Crayonex' on Fabric" (pages 4-6); and "'Crayonex' on Wood" (pages 7-9). The last 2 pages contain illustrated advertisements for multiple sizes and variations of "Crayonex" crayons. The additional offices and locations of The American Crayon Company are also listed at the bottom of p. 10 (same as those as listed on Box 1, Envelope 8).

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Tony Sarg's Circus Crayons

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Tony Sarg's Circus Crayons, manufactured by the TransoGram Company, Inc., New York, ca. 1920. This set consists of 12 large wax crayons set within a cardboard cutout holder in the shape of a circus hippopotamus. The hippo is wearing a circus blanket upon which the title and the manufacturer's names are printed. The crayon box is between the two sides of the hippopotamus, creating a 3-dimensional crayon holder. There is no date of manufacture, and there is no top lid for the crayon box. The dimensions given are for the cardboard hippo, minus the height of the crayons.

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Four boxed sets of crayons manufactured by Binney & Smith Company

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Four boxed sets of colored crayons, each manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, circa 1905-1920. Set 10: Spectra Pastel Crayon, No. 15 (6 chalk crayons) Set 11: 'Boston' Pressed Crayon, No. 2 (8 wax crayons) Set 12: 'Reubens' Crayola (18 wax crayons) Set 13: Crayola School Crayons, No. 8 (8 wax crayons) Each of the boxes vary in color, design and size. Title supplied by cataloger.

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'Crayograph': The Original Pressed Crayon

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