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Title
Munsell Crayons
Creator
Munsell Color (Firm), creator
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., manufacturer
Date Created and/or Issued
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Three boxed sets of color crayons entitled Munsell Crayons manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. Set 2 does not have a number on the box, but is labeled "12 colors: five middle colors and five intermediates, with gray and black." Set 3 is labeled as No. 2 Box, containing "five middle colors with gray and black and the maxima of red, yellow and blue." Set 4 is labeled as No. 3 Box, containing "22 colors: five principal hues and five intermediate hues at middle value and middle chroma, five principal hues and five intermediate hues at maximum chroma with middle gray and black." Set 4 is wrapped in sealed plastic. Each paperboard box bears a black and white paper label with the title, contents and manufacture information. Only Set 4 (No. 3 Box) bears the name of the "Munsell Color Co., New York"; but all three sets bear the title Munsell Crayons.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
various
Identifier
Box 71 Set 02-04
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/6907
Subject
Crayons
Source
Diana Korzenik Collection of Art Education Ephemera
Objects
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Korzenik, Diana, 1941-, former owner.

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