Crayon Research Paper
ENG 101 J016
11 Sept. 2013
A History of Crayola Crayons and Their Role in Lives Today
When I was little, I always used crayons. I never really liked to use colored pencils or markers. Crayons just have a certain feel to them as I use them. I also have memories that involve crayons. I was about four or five years old and I was in Sunday school. In Sunday school we would have color time. The teacher would bring out a huge tub of crayons and hand each of us a small handful to color with. There was a boy who sat right next to me every Sunday. One particular Sunday he decided to take my crayons and broke them. As a four/five year old this is a traumatic event. I chased him all over the playground that day, and we’ve been best friends ever since. We’ve been dating for a little over a year now, and who ever …show more content…
This tab contains a timeline that begins when Crayola was called “Binney & Smith”. Before Crayola was Crayola, the company was called “Binney & Smith”. The company was owned by cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They created the partnership in 1885. Believe it or not, crayons were not the first product to be created through the company. Red oxide pigment used in barn paint and carbon black used for car tires was one of the first products that Binney & Smith created. The other product that they produced was slate school pencils. The production of the pencils didn’t begin until 1900 in the Easton, Pennsylvania mill. The creation of these pencils sparked Binney and Smith’s interest in creating colorful drawing mediums that were safe for kids to use. In 1902 they invented the Staonal Marking crayon, a simple wax crayon, used to mark barrels and crates. These crayons were toxic to children, but Binney and Smith were convinced that the techniques that they had created could be changed to create nontoxic, colorful crayons. Along the way, they introduced the new dustless school chalk
11 Sept. 2013
A History of Crayola Crayons and Their Role in Lives Today
When I was little, I always used crayons. I never really liked to use colored pencils or markers. Crayons just have a certain feel to them as I use them. I also have memories that involve crayons. I was about four or five years old and I was in Sunday school. In Sunday school we would have color time. The teacher would bring out a huge tub of crayons and hand each of us a small handful to color with. There was a boy who sat right next to me every Sunday. One particular Sunday he decided to take my crayons and broke them. As a four/five year old this is a traumatic event. I chased him all over the playground that day, and we’ve been best friends ever since. We’ve been dating for a little over a year now, and who ever …show more content…
This tab contains a timeline that begins when Crayola was called “Binney & Smith”. Before Crayola was Crayola, the company was called “Binney & Smith”. The company was owned by cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They created the partnership in 1885. Believe it or not, crayons were not the first product to be created through the company. Red oxide pigment used in barn paint and carbon black used for car tires was one of the first products that Binney & Smith created. The other product that they produced was slate school pencils. The production of the pencils didn’t begin until 1900 in the Easton, Pennsylvania mill. The creation of these pencils sparked Binney and Smith’s interest in creating colorful drawing mediums that were safe for kids to use. In 1902 they invented the Staonal Marking crayon, a simple wax crayon, used to mark barrels and crates. These crayons were toxic to children, but Binney and Smith were convinced that the techniques that they had created could be changed to create nontoxic, colorful crayons. Along the way, they introduced the new dustless school chalk