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Company History Timeline - Binney & Smith

1864              Joseph Binney open the Peekskill Chemical company
1885              Son, Edwin Binney and nephew, Harold Smith form partnership known as Binney & Smith
Late 1880s    Developed red oxide pigments used in painting barns and carbon black used in inks, boots, stove polish, etc.
1900              Easton, PA plant opened
1900              Began producing slate pencils 
1900              Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition for their carbon black
1902              Introduced An-Du-Septic white dustless blackboard chalk
1902              Introduced Staonal marking crayons
1903              Began selling Crayola wax crayons
1904              Gold Medal at the St. Louis Worlds Fair for their An-Du-Septic chalk.  They used for "Gold Medal" seal and name for
                      over 50 years after this event.
1904              Introduced Ruben's line (a top quality artists line after the artist Peter Paul Rubens)
1912              Carbon black used to make black tires
1923              Moved corporate offices from 81-83 Fulton St. to 41 East 42nd Street
1936              Joined the Crayon, Water Color and Craft Institute (Certification logo was used on some boxes)
1949              Released Crayola 48 crayon box
1955              Incorporated (product changed from "Co." to "Inc.")
1958              Released Crayola 64 crayon box
1959              First Crayola TV ads during the children's TV show Ding Dong School
1964              Acquired Permanent Pigments Inc. producers of Liquitex art materials.
1976              Relocated headquarters to Easton, PA (site of their original factory)
1977              Bought Silly Putty
1978              First Crayola markers
1984              Became a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards
1987              Added a 1-800-CRAYOLA phone number to all packages
1990              Eight colors retired to the Crayola Hall of Fame
1993              Released Crayola 96 crayon box
1994              Acquired the Rvell-Monogram plastic model kit manufacturer
1996              100th billion crayon rolls off production line - made by "Mister Rogers"