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Five sets of boxed colored crayons manufactured by the Standard Crayon Mfg. Co., Danvers, Massachusetts, circa 1914. Set 10: Crayel, No. 184. (16 wax crayons in a flip-top box) Set 11: Crest Light Artists Crayon. (crayon pieces in a box with a lid) "Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry Street, On hand 1914" written in ms., in pencil, on lid. Set 12: Crest Light Artist's Crayons, No. 814 (8 wax crayons in a slipcase box) Set 13: The Artco Pastel, No. 8 (8 wax crayons in a box with lid). Set 14: The Murillo Art Crayons, with book for coloring (8 wax crayons in box with lid). Title supplied by cataloger.
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The Falcon Best Crayons with Color Book
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One boxed coloring set entitled Banner Crayon Outfit, manufactured by Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1915. This set is comprised of seven blind embossed coloring cards, six colored crayons attached to a single sheet of cardstock via elastic, and a chromolithograph-illustrated paperboard box. Directions for use are printed on the underside of the lid: "The crayons are to rub on the parts of the cards requiring color." The embossed coloring cards are untitled and unnumbered, and contain images and scenes of children and animals. All of the cards have been colored, and the crayons have been used as well. "Irene from Albert" is written in ms., in pencil, on the bottom of the box. A price tag of"$12.00" is affixed to the bottom of the box.
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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Dixon's Colored Crayons, No. 1535, manufactured by Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1910. This box contains 10 colored wax crayons. The box is blue with gold lettering and a decorative border.
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One boxed painting set entitled Cracker Jack Painting and Drawing Book for Crayon and Water Color Painting, manufactured by Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, New York and Chicago, copyright 1917. The set is comprised of six small cakes of watercolor paint in wooden tubs, two metal dishes, a paintbrush, a box of 8 (5 are missing) wax crayons, and a painting and drawing book that contains chromolithograph and lithograph images for painting and coloring. Printed at the top of the title on the top lid is "It's an Ullman Coloring Outfit." "The Ullman Mfg. Co., N.Y." is printed at the bottom of the top lid. The drawing/coloring book has been colored in, but not completely. The paints have been used. The painting book bears the copyright date of 1917.
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