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Water Soluble Anadel

Description: One boxed set of colored pencils entitled Water Soluble Anadel, manufactured by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1935. The set is comprised of 8 colored pencils within a paperboard slipcase box.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1935
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Diana Korzenik, August 1997.; transferred from Huntington Art Reference Library, May 2000.

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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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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Turquoise Prismacolor

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One boxed set of colored pencils entitled Turquoise Prismacolor, manufactured by Eagle Pencil Company, New York, London, Toronto, ca. 1935. The set is comprised of three pencils -- red, blue and yellow -- which lie in a paper tray inside a paper slipcase. The outer slipcase is gold-colored, with green lettering. On the underside of the package is a listing of other colors and sets manufactured by the company.

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7 Keys To Art

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One boxed set of lead pencils entitled 7 Keys to Art, manufactured by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1940. The box contains 7 of "Dixon's Eldorado- the master drawing pencil" pencils, each a different degree of hardness. Enclosed is a printed guide to the varieties of pencil hardness.

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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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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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