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The Birth of Crayola Crayons
In 1864, Joseph W. Binney founded the Peekskill Chemical Company in Peekskill, N.Y. This company was responsible for products in the black and red color range, such as lampblack, charcoal and a paint containing red iron oxide which was often used to coat the barns dotting America's rural landscape. -
Peekskill Chemical
Peekskill Chemical was also instrumental in creating an improved and black colored automobile tire by adding carbon black that was found to increase the tire tread life by four or five times. Around 1885, Joseph's son, Edwin Binney, and nephew, C. Harold Smith, formed the partnership of Binney & Smith. -
crayons
Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. The brand's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903 -
How much crayons were sold for
The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. -
a new brand of crayons
In 1903, a new brand of crayons with superior working qualities was introduced - Crayola Crayons. -
According to Crayola's "History of Crayons
Europe was the birthplace of the “modern” crayon, a man-made cylinder that resembled contemporary sticks. The first such crayons are purported to have consisted of a mixture of charcoal and oil. Later, powdered pigments of various hues replaced the charcoal. It was subsequently discovered that substituting wax for the oil in the mixture made the resulting sticks sturdier and easier to handle -
what crayons are today
Today, there over one hundred different types of crayons being made by Crayola including crayons that: sparkle with glitter, glow in the dark, smell like flowers, change colors, and wash off walls and other surfaces and materials.
