Pencil: Pencil Specialty Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1960-1970.
Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0001
Description
Pencil: Pencil Specialty Co., Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1960-1970. Hexagonal wood 7-1/2" long; white paint with imprinting in 3 colors; graphite; brass ferrule with eraser. Three examples; unsharpened.
Promotional advertising items.
Imprinted in three lines:
Advertise ------ It Pays [in red]
Howard C. Long [in green; presumed to be a salesperson]
Pencil Specialty Co., Hoboken, N.J. [in blue]
The company was at 1034 Clinton Street and listed in telephone directories as a Division of Venus Pen & Pencil Corp. (Sharing the address and telephone number was Pencil Craft Sales Co., another Venus division )
Venus Pen & Pencil Corporation was formerly the American Lead Pencil Co.(changed in 1956.)
Acquisition
Accession
2012.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
