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Six boxed sets of crayons manufactured by The American Crayon Company
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American The 'Old Faithful' Crayons 1044
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One boxed set of chalk entitled American The 'Old Faithful' Crayons 1044, manufactured by the American Crayon Co., Sandusky, Ohio and New York, ca. 1900. This set of thin chalk contains 25 different colors, all of which are fragments. The set is housed within a blue paperboard box. Laid in are two sheets containing Italian ms. writing on them.
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Crayonex
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Two boxed sets of colored crayons entitled Crayonex, manufactured by the American Crayon Co., Sandusky, Ohio and New York. Set 8 is Crayonex No. 323 (24 colors); Set 9 is Crayonex No. 326 (32 colors). Each set is housed within a black paperboard box with cutouts so the crayons can be partially seen. The company logo is printed on the box in white, with the phrase: "Old Faithful Tuned Palet Color Products."
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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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Four boxed sets of crayons manufactured by Binney & Smith Company
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Four boxed sets of colored crayons, each manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, circa 1905-1920. Set 10: Spectra Pastel Crayon, No. 15 (6 chalk crayons) Set 11: 'Boston' Pressed Crayon, No. 2 (8 wax crayons) Set 12: 'Reubens' Crayola (18 wax crayons) Set 13: Crayola School Crayons, No. 8 (8 wax crayons) Each of the boxes vary in color, design and size. Title supplied by cataloger.
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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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Munsell Crayons
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Three boxed sets of color crayons entitled Munsell Crayons manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. Set 2 does not have a number on the box, but is labeled "12 colors: five middle colors and five intermediates, with gray and black." Set 3 is labeled as No. 2 Box, containing "five middle colors with gray and black and the maxima of red, yellow and blue." Set 4 is labeled as No. 3 Box, containing "22 colors: five principal hues and five intermediate hues at middle value and middle chroma, five principal hues and five intermediate hues at maximum chroma with middle gray and black." Set 4 is wrapped in sealed plastic. Each paperboard box bears a black and white paper label with the title, contents and manufacture information. Only Set 4 (No. 3 Box) bears the name of the "Munsell Color Co., New York"; but all three sets bear the title Munsell Crayons.
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