Crayon
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A crayon is a stick of pigmented wax used for writing or drawing. Wax crayons differ from pastels, in which the pigment is mixed with a dry binder such as gum arabic, and from oil pastels, where the b
A colorful selection of crayons
A wide variety of crayon boxes have been produced over the years.
Early Dixon crayon ad from August 1901
March 1905 ad from Crayola
Crayola
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Crayola LLC, formerly the Binney & Smith Company, is an American manufacturing and retail company specializing in art supplies. It is best known for its Crayola brand of crayons. The company is headqu
Crayon
…printing ink, fruit preserving, in the pharmaceutical industry, for lubricating purposes, and for manufacturing crayons. Colin Snedeker, a chemist for Binney & Smith (the then-parent company of Crayola), developed the first washable crayons in response to consumer complaints regarding stained fabrics and walls. A…
Rubens No. 500 box, c. 1904–12
Original Munsell crayons box
The first two Gold Medal line 8-count boxes
No. 52 box, c. 1939–44