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Dixon’s Eldorado: 'the master drawing pencil'

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1940
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)
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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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The Eldorado Page, Sketching with "the master drawing pencil"

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Six advertisements entitled The Eldorado Page, Sketching with "the master drawing pencil," published by Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1920-1940. These 6 sheets are promotional advertisements for Dixon pencils and feature aspects of pencil-drawing technique. Sheet No. 1 is "Area Technique"; No. 2 is "A Discussion of the Center of the Sketch"; No. 3 is "Notation of Procedure"; No. 4 is "Exercises"; No. 5 is "How to Sketch Evergreen Foliage"; and No. 6 is "The White Door". All of the illustrations and instructional text are by Ernest W. Watson, who was an instructor at the Pratt Institute. The six pages were originally published in various issues of an unnamed magazine.

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Dixon's Pencils and Colored Crayons for School Purposes

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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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Water Soluble Anadel

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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.

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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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Dixon’s Eldorado: 'the master drawing pencil'

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