Decoding History By Zoey Ajemian About the Founders Edwin Binney 18661934 Shrub Oak New York C Harold Smith 1860 1931 London England They were cousins Edwin and Smith join after Edwins father retires 1885 ID: 469517
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The Original Set of Crayola Crayons
Decoding HistoryBy: Zoey AjemianSlide2
About the Founders
Edwin Binney (1866-1934) Shrub Oak, New York
C. Harold Smith (1860- 1931) London, England
They were cousins
Edwin and Smith join after Edwin’s father retires (1885)
(Edwin
Binney
is on the left and C. Harold Smith is on the Right)Slide3
History of Crayola
First box was sold for a nickel (1903)
Red, yellow, blue, green, orange, brown, violet, black
Edwin
Binney
and C. Harold Smith join together (1885) (1903)
Crayola has been making crayons for more than 100 yearsSlide4
Crayola products Timeline
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/731600183791452160Slide5
Interesting facts
The name Crayola, was invented by Edwin Binney’s
wife
The Crayola Crayons once smelled like you could eat them
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ne of the top 20 smells most recognizable (Beef fat)
The first crayon boxes of Crayola were sold door-to-door Slide6
More interesting facts
The crayons used to be hand rolled
One of Crayola’s top employees was color blind
By their 10
th
birthday, a normal child uses about 720 crayons
Makes 3 billion crayons a year, circles the world 6 times
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Works Cited
http://www.crayola.com/about-us/company/history.aspx http://www.crayola.com/faq/your-history/what-were-the-original-eight-8-colors-in-the-1903-box-of-crayola-crayons/http://mentalfloss.com/article/65779/13-colorful-facts-about-crayolahttp://www.crayola.com/crayolaexperience/landing-page/easton/about/fun-facts.aspxhttp://www.crayola.com/faq/your-history/can-you-tell-me-the-birth-dates-of-the-founders-edwin-binney-and-c-harold-smith/ Slide8
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