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Artista Tempera: Show Card Colors

Description: One boxed set of tempera paint entitled Artista Tempera: Show Card Colors, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, ca. 1935. The box contains 6 glass jars (approx. 1 oz. each) of tempera paint in green, red, black, yellow, blue, and white. The logo/seal of "Gold Medal Products" is on the 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.

Bradley's Tonal Tempera Poster & Showcard Colors

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One boxed set of tempera paint labeled Bradley's Tonal Tempera Poster & Showcard Colors, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1925. The set is comprised of eight glass jars, approximately 2 oz. each. A green and white paper label is on each jar, along with the color contained in that jar. Accompanying these paints are 2 paintbrushes, numbered 12 and 14. The set is housed within a cloth-covered paperboard box with a hinged lid. "Mr. Jordan" is written in ms., in ink, below the company name on the underside of the lid.

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Artista Tempera

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One glass jar of paint labeled Artista Tempera, in black, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York. The jar is trial size.

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Prang Tempera Colors

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One boxed set of paint tubes entitled Prang Tempera Colors: six two-inch tubes, manufactured by the American Crayon Co., Sandusky, Ohio and New York, ca. 1925. The paperboard box contains 6 small tubes of paint in white, green, blue, yellow, black, and red.

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Artista Flexola Paint

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One boxed sample set of acrylic paints entitled Artista Flexola Paint, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, "makers of Crayola", ca. 1948. The set includes 4 small tubes of paint and printed instructions tucked into the lid. "Gold Medal Products" and "Samples to Test" are printed on the lid.

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AmazArt Colors

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Three boxes of paint labeled AmazArt Colors, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, ca. 1935. Each of the three yellow and red boxes contains a 2 oz. tube of paint and printed directions for use. The three colors here are green, blue, and vermilion. Promotional text on the sides of the boxes reads: "New sensational art medium. Easy to use no special talent needed to hand-decorate fabrics, wood, glass, china and other surfaces," and "Draw, paint, design, write, mark with tube tip, no waiting to dry - no fixing of colors, made in vermilion, yellow, green, blue, brown, black."

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Martini Tempera

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Five tubes of tempera paint entitled Martini Tempera. The colors are: zinc white, poster vermilion, hutaf lavender, sesser green, and ultramarine blue, extra light. Each tube bears a black and white paper label. Each tube has been used.

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