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The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1930
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.

Embeco Crayons, Style A

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Embeco Crayons, Style A, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The box is printed in white and gray, and contains 8 wax crayons. "Standard colors with black and brown" is printed on one side of the box, below the title. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms., in pencil, across the front.

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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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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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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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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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Banner Crayon Outfit

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One boxed coloring set entitled Banner Crayon Outfit, manufactured by Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1915. This set is comprised of seven blind embossed coloring cards, six colored crayons attached to a single sheet of cardstock via elastic, and a chromolithograph-illustrated paperboard box. Directions for use are printed on the underside of the lid: "The crayons are to rub on the parts of the cards requiring color." The embossed coloring cards are untitled and unnumbered, and contain images and scenes of children and animals. All of the cards have been colored, and the crayons have been used as well. "Irene from Albert" is written in ms., in pencil, on the bottom of the box. A price tag of"$12.00" is affixed to the bottom of the box.

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The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2

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