crayons

Yellow box of school crayons produced by the American Lead Pencil Company with a flag shield depicted on the front.
Yellow box of school crayons with the lid removed, showing crayons of various colors.

Maker: American Lead Pencil Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Used: Education

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Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2014.0244.271Accession Number: 2014.0244Catalog Number: 2014.0244.2

Object Name: crayons

Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)paper (overall material)ink (overall material)wood (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5 in x 12 cm x 1 cm; 12.7 cm x 4 23/32 in x 13/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-ab49-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1803662

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