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Dixon’s Colored Crayons, No. 1535

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1910
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 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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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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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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The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2, manufactured by The Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The sliding box contains 8 colored, wax crayons. The box is gray with blue printing.

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Five sets of boxed colored crayons manufactured by the Prang Company

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Five sets of boxed colored crayons manufactured by the Prang Company, New York, Chicago, and Dallas. All are housed in brown and white paperboard boxes. Set 5: Prang Pastellex, No. 7 (8 wax crayons) Set 6: Prang Crayonex, No. 4 (16 wax crayons) Set 7: Prang Crayonex, No. 3 (8 wax crayons) Set 8: The Prang Art Education Crayons, Set No. 2 (8 wax crayons) Set 9: Prang Art Education Crayons, No. 2 (8 wax crayons) "M.S." is written in ms., in pencil, on Set No. 7.

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Five boxed sets of crayons manufactured by the Standard Crayon Manufacturing Company

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Five sets of boxed colored crayons manufactured by the Standard Crayon Mfg. Co., Danvers, Massachusetts, circa 1914. Set 10: Crayel, No. 184. (16 wax crayons in a flip-top box) Set 11: Crest Light Artists Crayon. (crayon pieces in a box with a lid) "Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry Street, On hand 1914" written in ms., in pencil, on lid. Set 12: Crest Light Artist's Crayons, No. 814 (8 wax crayons in a slipcase box) Set 13: The Artco Pastel, No. 8 (8 wax crayons in a box with lid). Set 14: The Murillo Art Crayons, with book for coloring (8 wax crayons in box with lid). Title supplied by cataloger.

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