Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
Below are other packages for the set of 8 pencils.
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Summer means a chance to travel and enjoy the outdoors. The two 5" x 8" notebooks evoke the camping vibe in a remarkably similar way. Both feature the same basic scene from two perspectives. I wonder if the artist was the same or if they were inspired by the same reference image? I'm sure there is an interesting story to be told here. The Camp Fire note book is definitely the older notebook design. I found an description of this notebook in the W.J. Gage Stationery catalogue from 1911. The number given in this catalog is No. 27 and the number on my notebook is No. 3327. The Hilroy company was not established until 1918 (they celebrated their 100th anniversary in 2018).
While these two note books are quite old, the camping theme continues. Field Notes also makes a set of small campfire notebooks. These limited edition notebooks even came with a patch. I wonder if there are any other camping themed notebooks I could add to this tiny collection? This mini-collection reminds me of "A Collection a Day" from Lisa Congdon.
Powis Brothers was a stationery and office supply store that was established in Ottawa, Ontario in 1933. It continued operating for many years, at least until the 1980s. In later years, the store was named Powis Stationery, Inc. and changed to an online store. This pencil has their store name on it but also "Senator 2370". I believe this pencil was made by Venus Canada as there is are several American Pencil Company pencils with the name Senator.
Another Canadian made Senator pencil is shown below. It has a different number but might also have been made by Venus. This one is a bit of a mystery pencil.
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