Series 2: Marketing and advertising records, circa 1875-1972, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Series 2: Marketing and advertising records, circa 1875-1972, includes product catalogs and brochures, price schedules, advertisements and press clippings, and awards from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and the New York World's Fair in 1964.
Publications created to demonstrate product uses and heritage, such as a course booklet for teachers titled "Color in Camouflage"; a color poster with "The Pictorial History of Writing"; a portfolio of pencil sketches promoting lead pencils; and a 75th anniversary promotional publication titled "The Story of the Oldest Pencil Factory in America" are also included.
Of note are a sales representative manual and Mongol pencil product display showing the stages of pencil production from wood block to final product from the 1940s-1950s.
Arrangement
This series is arranged chronologically.
["A. W. Faber's Lead Pencils" article], circa 1875, inclusive
[Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition report on awards], 1876
["The American Stationer," Eberhard Faber advertisement], 1883
[Pencil schedule], 1907
[Press clippings scrapbook], 1910-1919, inclusive
Scope and Contents
The press clippings in this scrapbook were collected by Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau, 45 Lafayette Street, New York.
[A. W. Faber's Gold Pens and Pencil Cases advertisement], circa 1908 - 1958, inclusive
Clippings, 1920-1976, inclusive
["The Story of the Oldest Pencil Factory in America"], 1924
["A Portfolio of Sketches Illustrating the Artistic Possibilities of Black and Colored Lead Pencils Made by Eberhard Faber Pencil Company"], circa 1928, inclusive
[Emerald pencil erasers product packaging], circa 1930, inclusive
[Product catalog], circa 1940, inclusive
[Mongol pencil product displays], circa 1940, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes two product display items used to sell Eberhard Faber Mongol pencils. Item cataloged under object identifier M1988.58.1a-aa shows the process of pencil manufacturing from raw stock to finished product in 11 stages.
Item cataloged under object identifier M1988.73.1 is a blue pencil box with tabs on the back for it to stand up as a display.
[Ivy Indelible Lead No. 728 pencil], circa 1940, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This object is a green lead colored pencil. Cataloged under object identifier: M1988.58.2.
[Black Knight 6379 No.1 pencil], circa 1940, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This object is a yellow wooden graphite pencil with "very soft" lead. Cataloged under object identifier: M1988.58.3a,b.
