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Tony Sarg's Circus Crayons

Description: One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Tony Sarg's Circus Crayons, manufactured by the TransoGram Company, Inc., New York, ca. 1920. This set consists of 12 large wax crayons set within a cardboard cutout holder in the shape of a circus hippopotamus. The hippo is wearing a circus blanket upon which the title and the manufacturer's names are printed. The crayon box is between the two sides of the hippopotamus, creating a 3-dimensional crayon holder. There is no date of manufacture, and there is no top lid for the crayon box. The dimensions given are for the cardboard hippo, minus the height of the crayons.
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Date: circa 1920
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Five boxed sets of crayons manufactured by the Standard Crayon Manufacturing Company

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Babb’s Special Pressed Crayon, No. 2

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The Valesquez Art Crayon: With Art Book for Coloring

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Four boxed sets of crayons manufactured by Binney & Smith Company

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Alphacolor Chalk Crayons

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One boxed set of colored chalk crayons, labeled Alphacolor Chalk Crayons, manufactured by the Weber Costello Company, Chicago Heights, Illinois, ca. 1945. The set is comprised of 24 sticks of chalk housed in a rectangular cardboard box. Laid into the box is a small printed advertisement for "Other Weber Costello Products: blackboard, erasers, chalk, maps, globes."

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