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The Jack Daniels and Crayola Crayon box are derived from the exact same design: the 1904 Gold Medal drafted by sculptor Adolph A. Weinman. Both products were among the 39,000 items awarded the medal at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all had crayons. Well, sort of. They used pigment laced wax to paint stonework. But they hadn't yet sorted out the whole hand-held concept.
The first literary use of crayons is in Jane Austen's 1813 "Pride and Prejudice."
The original Crayola company (then known as Binney & Smith) used a crayon recipe that called for whale blubber.
Game company Milton Bradley used to make crayons too. They were one of the first crayon businesses to start marketing them as school supplies to the first late 20th century kindergarten classes.
Crayons have been made by over 300 different companies over the past century of mass-production (though Crayola reigns supreme). And with so many companies, there have been tons of different mascots hawking their wares, including: Disney's Snow White, Popeye, Howdy Doody, and Little Orphan Annie.
Godfather of color science Albert Henry Munsell had his own line of crayons which he sold on to Crayola. And with their powers combined, they're responsible for standardizing how most of the world conceptualizes and names colors.
Three of Crayola's crayon color names have been changed after public protests. In 1958 "Prussian Blue" was changed to "Midnight Blue" to avoid any post-war Nazi connotation (Prussia is a region in Germany). And in 1962 "Flesh" became "Peach" and "Indian Red" was finally changed to "Chestnut" in 1999. After the outcry over the two skin-tone related colors, Crayola started producing a 16 crayon set of multicultural tones kids of all cultural identification could choose between.
A Yale University study determined that the scent of Crayola crayons are one of the top 20 most recognizable scents in existence. Coffee and peanut butter ranked as numbers one and two in the same study.
Blue is America's favorite color. A 2000 survey of favored crayon colors resulted in six different shades of blue placing in the top ten.
The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all had crayons. Well, sort of. They used pigment laced wax to paint stonework. But they hadn't yet sorted out the whole hand-held concept.
The first literary use of crayons is in Jane Austen's 1813 "Pride and Prejudice."
The original Crayola company (then known as Binney & Smith) used a crayon recipe that called for whale blubber.
Game company Milton Bradley used to make crayons too. They were one of the first crayon businesses to start marketing them as school supplies to the first late 20th century kindergarten classes.
Crayons have been made by over 300 different companies over the past century of mass-production (though Crayola reigns supreme). And with so many companies, there have been tons of different mascots hawking their wares, including: Disney's Snow White, Popeye, Howdy Doody, and Little Orphan Annie.
Godfather of color science Albert Henry Munsell had his own line of crayons which he sold on to Crayola. And with their powers combined, they're responsible for standardizing how most of the world conceptualizes and names colors.
Three of Crayola's crayon color names have been changed after public protests. In 1958 "Prussian Blue" was changed to "Midnight Blue" to avoid any post-war Nazi connotation (Prussia is a region in Germany). And in 1962 "Flesh" became "Peach" and "Indian Red" was finally changed to "Chestnut" in 1999. After the outcry over the two skin-tone related colors, Crayola started producing a 16 crayon set of multicultural tones kids of all cultural identification could choose between.
A Yale University study determined that the scent of Crayola crayons are one of the top 20 most recognizable scents in existence. Coffee and peanut butter ranked as numbers one and two in the same study.
Blue is America's favorite color. A 2000 survey of favored crayon colors resulted in six different shades of blue placing in the top ten.