Ad: Venus 10¢ Pencils. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken, N.J.; Sat. Evening Post, June 21, 1930.

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Venus Pencils, Saturday Evening Post, June 21, 1930

Venus Pencils, Saturday Evening Post, June 21, 1930

Name/Title

Ad: Venus 10¢ Pencils. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken, N.J.; Sat. Evening Post, June 21, 1930.

Entry/Object ID

2011.005.0115

Scope and Content

Advertisement:: Venus 10 cent Pencils; My choice is.... American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken, N.J. Full-page color magazine ad as published in The Saturday Evening Post, June 21, 1930, page 90. Single leaf as removed from publication, 10-1/4" x 13-5/8" high. While the ad was promoting a ten cent pencil, there is a boxed promotion at center bottom for the Velvet Pencil which was five cents. Note the company is using the name here of American Pencil rather than the fuller name - American Lead Pencil.

Acquisition

Accession

2011.005

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1930 - 1930

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1930 Date(s): 1930-1930

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-05-31