Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
These boxes are all early Eagle Pencil Company of Canada products. I found several references online that the graphic design of these boxes was created by American designer Robert Foster in 1938. Each of these pencils filled a special role. The drawing pencils were made in 17 different grades from 6B to 9H. The copying pencils were made in 4 grades: soft, medium, hard and extra hard. The writing pencils had ferules with erasers. Eagle Turquoise Drawing 375 FEagle Turquoise Copying 4375 HardThe Canadian version of this pencil, with its long ultramarine blue end dip, looks quite different than the American version. Eagle Turquoise Writing 1375 BWhile the pencil says 'drawing' on it, the box indicates it is a writing pencil.
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1/15/2021 09:07:54 pm
Whew! So glad to see a new post, I was worried! Those boxes are gorgeous. Not many current manufacturers produce things with such a focus on design.
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