Box of Crayola Crayons, 1950-1970

Artifact

Wax crayons

Date Made

1950-1970

Creators

Binney & Smith Co. 

Place of Creation

United States 

United States, New York 

Creator Notes

Made in the United States, distributed by Binney & Smith Co. in New York.

Keywords

United States, Michigan, Dearborn 

Wax crayons 

Packaging 

Elementary schools 

Hyde, Nina Meier, 1909-2013 

Hyde family 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2022.77.8

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wax
Cardboard

Color

Yellow (Color)
Dark green
Blue

Dimensions

Height: .375 in

Width: 2.813 in

Length: 3.875 in

Inscriptions

on front of packaging: NO 8 / CRAYOLA / GOLD MEDAL / SCHOOL CRAYONS / EIGHT COLORS / BINNEY & SMITH CO. / NEW YORK / MADE IN U.S.A. on back of packaging: T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. REG. PHIL. PAT. OFF. / CRAYOLA / AN ARTIST'S CRAYON AT SCHOLAR'S PRICE / PERMANENT-WATERPROOF / NAME / GRADE / SCHOOL / CRAYON, WATER COLOR & CRAFT INSTITUTE / CERTIFIED / CP / PRODUCTS on bottom of packaging: 8 CRAYONS