Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
The William Cane & Sons Company Limited made "Cane's" pencils in Canada from about 1916 until 1931. Howard Cane sold the factory to Dixon in 1931 and the factory continued making pencils until about 1990 when the factory was demolished. I've never seen a photo of a Cane's pencil but I recently came across several advertisements showing an images in a 1922 Bookseller & Stationer and Office Equipment Journal.
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Evan White
8/13/2019 10:40:53 pm
I live in Newmarket and I remember this factory when I was young. As kids in the 80s, friends and I would wait till the after close and “liberate” their trash of hundreds of discarded pencils. After it was torn down, they built a medical offices building in its place, named it the Dixon Medical Building.
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Evan
8/19/2019 03:41:53 pm
Honestly it was so long ago since the factory closed, I can’t remember what we got exactly. This was a time before I was fascinated with graphite so I didn’t really pay attention. 🤷🏼♂️ Leave a Reply. |
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