Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
This pencil contains the images and names of the cartoon characters Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy. The character of Popeye first appeared on January 17, 1929 in the King Features Syndicate daily comic strip named Thimble Theatre. This comic had been running for nearly 10 years prior to Popeye's introduction. It was a very popular comic strip in the late 1930s and early 1940s. I believe this pencil was probably produced some time in the 1940s. The top of this pencil contains the text "©1929KFS" in reference to Popeye's debut. "No. 184" is also printed at the top of this pencil. During some additional searching, I found some images of this same pencil but in a yellow color and with a ferrule on the end. Perhaps this came in two different versions. The Eagle Chief Wahoo No. 185 is another early pencil showing the popular cartoon figures Chief Wahoo, Minnie Ha-Cha, Pigtails and Gusto. The comic strip Big Chief Wahoo was started in 1936. That pencil had a ferrule and eraser on the end. A picture of that pencil was shared on a Facebook group. The poster said that they found the pencil in their grandmother's kitchen "junk drawer" many years ago but didn't know much more about it. I'm curious to discover if there are additional comic strip pencils produced by Eagle during this time period.
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Chris Varady
5/10/2024 11:19:17 am
Interesting that they are consecutive #'s
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