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Tru-Point Pencil Lead Pointer Model D, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. & Hoboken, n.d., ca.1956-1966.
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Tru-Point Pencil Lead Pointer Model D, No. 58 0510, made or sold by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York & Hoboken, no date, circa 1956-1966.
Item no. 1: single folio, 2-7/8" wide x 3-1/8" high.
Item no. 2: single leaf, printe both sides, 2-7/8" high x 6" wide folded to 3" wide.
Example No. 2: The box for this one has the stock number on the front panel in the same position with with the name below changed to "Tru-Point Model D Pencil Lead Pointer" and below that, "with "Quick Change" Abrasive Cups." There is no longer a separate label on the side panel.
Example No. 1 obviously was issued before no. 2 which has little or no signficance other than to differentiate between the two boxes here. Knowledge of any models A to C, if they exist as such, is unknown at present and these items may not even have been made by K&E as these types of sharpeners became more or less standardized and thus a generic type of item among many suppliers. It is quite possible that it was simply customized with the cap for the K&E product line.
K&E had their main office and factories in Hoboken up to December 1968.
2009.006.0259.01
2009.006
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1956 - 1966
Date(s): 1956-1966
Good
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2009-10-29