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Catalogue, American Pencil Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d.; circa 1936-1937; date stamped June 1937.

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Catalogue, American Pencil Company, Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1936-1937; received date stamp on back cover, June 15, 1937, David Kahn, Inc. Softcover, 8-3/8" wide x 10-5/8" high, 52 pp. plus covers. Cover is color lithograph; rest of catalog is printed in black-and-white. This was a wholesale catalog with prices as listed intended for dealers. The company was better known as the American Lead Pencil Company as seen in the facsimile letterhead on page 18. It had a manufacturing complex on the north side of Fifth Street in Hoboken between Willow Avenue and Clinton Street. "Venus" was the major brand name used by the company, but they had several other brands as seen on page 2, Alphabetical Index. Besides the very wide range of pencils for personal use as well as professional use (graphic arts, artists, etc.), the product range included erasers, rubber bands, fountain pens, pen holders, pouches, pencil boxes and even eyebrow pencils. Shown are many retail display fixtures for stocking and display of the products. Pages 51-52 have an illustrated article: The Story of the Lead Pencil. It has history of the pencil and how pencils are made.

2009.006.0145

2009.006

Lukacs, Claire

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Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

1937 - 1937

Date(s) Created: 1937 Date(s): 1937

Good

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2009-07-18

front cover
enlarged, retouched back cover with June 15, 1937 date stamp pg [1] title pg 2: Alphabetical Index pg 3: Numerical Index pg 4 pg 5 pg 6 pg 7 pg 8 pg 9 pg 10 pg 11 pg 12 pg 13 pg 14 pg 15 pg 16 pg 17 pg 18 pg 19 pg 20 pg 21 pg 22 pg 23 pg 24 pg 25 pg 26 pg 27 pg 28 pg 29 pg 30 pg 31 pg 32 pg 33 pg 34 pg 35 pg 36 pg 37 pg 38 pg 39 pg 40 pg 41 pg 42 pg 43 pg 44 pg 45 pg 46 pg 47 pg 48 pg 49 pg 50 pg 51: The Story of the Lead Pencil pg 52: The Story of the Lead Pencil - how pencils are made