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Wallace Motif: A Fine Pencil

Description: One boxed set of pencils entitled Wallace Motif: A Fine Pencil, manufactured by the Wallace Pencil Co., Saint Louis, U.S.A., ca. 1920. The container is made of tin, and is illustrated with an image of a pencil; the tin is colored in yellow and green. The advertisement printed on the bottom of the tin reads: "Wallace Motif in the following five degrees 1-2-2 2/4-3-4. The Wallace Motif is the finest pencil for general use that can be bought. Like all pencils in the Wallace line, it is made exclusively in the big modern factory that has become famous for quality manufacture." The tin contains 6 pencils, all from companies other than Wallace Pencil Co.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1920
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)

Shipping Pencils

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One boxed set of lead shipping pencils entitled Shipping Pencils, manufactured by Clark Indelible Pencil Co., Northampton, Massachusetts, ca. 1890-1915. The set is comprised of a dozen (2 are missing) pencils, each in a wooden, cylinder-like case bearing a green paper label. Each label reads: "Shipping Pencil. (Clark's pat. Jany. first.) For directing all kinds of merchandise. A substitute for marking brush! Directions: Sponge the place to be marked, with clean water, and write. Manufactured by Clark Indelible Pencil Co., Northampton, Massachusetts." The handle and wood encasing each pencil is made of a darker wood than the slipcase bearing the label. A paper slip is laid into the box, which describes the pencils and their prices.

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'Venus' Perfect Pencils

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One boxed set of lead pencils entitled 'Venus' Perfect Pencils, manufactured by the American Lead Pencil Co., New York and London, ca. 1910. The box was issued with 5 lead pencils and an eraser; only three pencils remain. On the top lid of the box is an illustrated range of the various degrees of color the pencils are available in: "Made in 17 black and 2 copying degrees: each degree guaranteed never to vary." Printed on the underside of the lid is information about the Venus eraser.

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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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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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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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Venus Drawing Pencils

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One boxed set of colored pencils. The box label reads Compliments of Venus Drawing Pencils, manufactured by the American Lead Pencil Company, ca. 1940. There are 7 pencils within the box. The top lid is covered by green and gold marbled paper. A label on the underside of the box reads: "'The Twins' No. 1980, American Pencil Company, London, New York, Made in U.S.A."

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