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Chinese White: Moist Color

Description: One tube of paint labeled Chinese White: Moist Color, manufactured by the F. & A. Co., ca. 1910.
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.; purchased from Mike Kaplan, October 2000.
Associated people: Korzenik, Diana, (1941-); Abbott, Jacob, (1803-1879,); Abbott, John S. C. (1805-1877,); Bartholomew, William N. (1822-1898,); Coe, Benjamin H. (1799-1883,)

School Water Colors: Chinese White

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One small tube of paint labeled School Water Colors: Chinese White, manufactured by Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. A paper label is affixed to the small metal tube.

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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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Artista Tempera: Show Card Colors

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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.

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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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Chinese White: Moist Color

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