illustrated by Richard Waldrep
Binney & Smith developed its wax crayons in 1903 which were branded as Crayola - a name derived from 'craie', French for chalk and 'ola' from oily, or oleaginous, continuing with the popularity at the time of commercial brand names ending with 'ola' (Mazola, Victrola, granola, pianola). Crayola is sold in over 80 countries, though most of the crayons are made in the US. Crayons are sticks of coloured wax, chalk and charcoal. This stamp features the Gold Medal box - the award was won in for their dustless chalk at the 1904 World's Fair. The first box of No 8 crayons had eight colours. You can find a comprehensive list of all the colours ever produced by Crayola here.
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I searched my 'Celebrate the Century' stamps but overlooked these. I still have some crayons that look like these - although they are not the same.
ReplyDeleteChildhood wouldn't have been complete without these. The list of colours is mind-boggling.
ReplyDeleteI love this stamp. In my country, another brand (Plastidecor) was better known when Iwasa child. Now we have also Crayola. The list is quite impressive.
ReplyDeleteGreat stamp - I have that whole set, and I didn't even think to look at them for inspiration this week.
ReplyDeleteLove this stamp, as I love drawing and drawing materials (even though I hardly use oil crayons).
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Crayola existes for over a century. Similar to Eva, in the Netherlands an other brand was better known (Wasco, in my case, and later the Talens crayons) and to me Crayola was a newbie here :-)
Love this stamp, as I love drawing and drawing materials (even though I hardly use oil crayons).
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Crayola existes for over a century. Similar to Eva, in the Netherlands an other brand was better known (Wasco, in my case, and later the Talens crayons) and to me Crayola was a newbie here :-)
Wow! A lot of trivia from a single stamp for me :D I have always wondered about that "gold medal" wordings for the crayola boxes on the shelves I've seen as a child.
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