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American The 'Old Faithful' Crayons 1044

Description
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.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
circa 1900
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,)
Coe, E. M. (1862-1944,)
Cross, Anson K. (1818-1894,)
Hodgman, Carolyn S., (1803?-1887,)
Knudsen, Carl Wilhelm, (1882-1942,)
Morgan, Lucius B., (1807-)
Nutting, B. F. (1887-1969,)
Sarg, Tony, (1836-1886,)
Schuster, Sigismond,
Shaw, Ruth Faison,
Smith, Walter,
Spofford, Mabel,
Spofford, Mabel,
Wright, Wynna,
Associated organizations
Faber-Castell (Firm)
American Crayon Company.
Binney & Smith Co.
D. Appleton and Company.
D. Lothrop & Company.
F.W. Devoe & C.T. Raynolds Company.
Eberhard Faber Pencil Company.
Ginn and Company.
Grout & Putnam.
Ivison & Phinney.
J.L. Hammett Co.
J.W. Schermerhorn & Co.
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company.
L. Prang & Co.
Little, Brown and Company.
McLoughlin Bros.
Milton Bradley & Co.
P.P. Caproni & Brother.
Prang Company.
Raphael Tuck & Sons.
Saalfield Pub. Co.
Transogram Company.
Wadsworth, Howland & Co.
Weber Costello Company.
Winsor & Newton.
Koh-i-noor Hardtmuth AG.
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