Pencil

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Pencil

Entry/Object ID

99.88

Description

Material: wood, metal, graphite, rubber. Size: 1/2" diameter x 7 3/8" L. Description: orange wooden pencil - black printed information on barrel: "I do my Trading at Anderson's Store Otisco, Minnesota It Pays"; gold tone metal coupling attached rubber eraser to pencil. Condition - many nicks in paint, eraser is hard & dark, hand sharpened.

Context

Otisco Village business: Anderson's Store.

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pencil

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Devices

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

February 25, 1999

Update Date

November 21, 2024