American Centennial
In honor of the recent 238th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence in 1776, I present to you a very special pencil produced for the 100th anniversary in 1876.
Appropriately, it is Centennial, from the American Lead Pencil Company.
The pencil is triangular, with red, white, and blue sides:
It shows a patent date of 1873:
I also have this Centennial 1876 made somewhat later by Dixon. But in my opinion, it’s not quite as nice:
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Wow! That’s fantastic.
July 7, 2014 at 7:32 pm
What to add – only fantastic too !
July 8, 2014 at 12:03 am
I imagine the Dixon Centennial was made in 1976. A centennial of a centennial. Why didn’t they just call it Bicentennial 1976?
July 9, 2014 at 9:43 am
Love it!
January 31, 2015 at 3:33 am
Thanks, I do too.
January 31, 2015 at 11:09 pm