Dixon Pencil Company

7/20/2018

The Canadian Division of Dixon came to Newmarket, Ontario in 1931. Dixon bought out an existing pencil factory at 531 Davis Drive. They produced pencils here until 1990 when the factory was torn down.

Ticonderoga 1386

The Ticonderoga is probably the most popular pencil made by Dixon and is a classic yellow pencil with its distinctive green ferrule with two yellow bands. In the US, the pencil advertisements often had patriotic american symbols and characters. In Canada there was often alternate advertising.

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2 Comments

Kevin

7/27/2024 07:24:32 pm

I'm curious if there is a time line for the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil boxes in Canada? I have a shelf where I put random things I pick up and have a box that used to hold 12 pencils but now only has 5 unused ticonderoga pencils. It is Dixon and from the Newmarket factory. The box does not have any images other than text. A simple design of yellow and white with three green bands at the end. English on one side, French on the other. (So likely post 1969?) Location given but no postal code.

Erick link

8/11/2024 12:02:29 pm

I'd say this box proably dates from the 1980s. Hard to pin it down exactly. There are a bunch of photos at the bottom of this page... https://pencilseh.weebly.com/dixon-writing-pencils.html

Pencils, eh