A.L.
Salomon & Co.
New York, NY
1880s – 1940s
History
Abraham L. Salomon ran a prominent stationery business in New York and
produced at least one line of crayons but may have done even more. Not much is documented about their history on
making crayons and I suspect that the only known box is from somewhere between
1900 and 1920 based on the 18 color assortment.
18 colors was a size only used during the earlier years of crayon
manufacturing.
One interesting bit of trivia about the founder, A.L. Salomon, was that
he was a survivor of Titanic. He was 43
at the time and coming back from a business trip in Europe. He was on boat number 1 which put to sea very
early; way before the panic started. He
went on to be a major businessman in the stationery industry for many years
after that and continued to travel to Europe despite the Titanic ordeal.
Known Crayon Boxes
|
Product Name |
ID |
Box |
Colors |
Crayons |
Box Color |
Design |
Variation |
Years |
Rarity |
Value |
|
The
Students Drawing Crayons No 41 |
ALS0001 |
FT |
18 |
18 |
Tan |
Red
Border |
Animal
logo |
Early 1900s |
9 |
$50 |
Photos
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ALS0001 |
