Ad: Venus Pencils, A Venus fairly flows over the paper. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken; Sat. Evening Post, Aug. 16, 1930.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

Venus Pencils; Saturday Evening Post, August 16, 1930

Venus Pencils; Saturday Evening Post, August 16, 1930

Name/Title

Ad: Venus Pencils, A Venus fairly flows over the paper. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken; Sat. Evening Post, Aug. 16, 1930.

Entry/Object ID

2012.001.0199

Scope and Content

Advertisement: Venus Pencils, A Venus fairly flows over the paper. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken, N.J. Full-page color magazine ad as published in The Saturday Evening Post, August 16, 1930, page 91. Single leaf as removed from publication, 10-1/4" x 13-5/8" high. While the ad was promoting a ten cent (10¢) pencil, there is a boxed promotion at lower right 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

2012.001

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

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: 2012-11-30