Rare Vintage Crayola Crayons 64 Ct Box No 64 Binney & Smith FLESH 1958 First Box
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:20447695 | Model: Standard Box |
| MPN: No. 64 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Brand: Crayola | UPC: Does not apply |
The Original Arrow Design When Crayola introduced their largest box of crayons to date, the No 64 box in April 1958 they clearly had a winning package on their hands. They took their earlier design from the 1948 No 48 box with the flip-back lid and expanded that into the wider box we are still using today. In addition, they created a first among crayon boxes: the built in sharpener in the back. It was an ingeniously simple idea that they quickly pa...tented. It was through this patent that we can begin to put together the earliest sequence of boxes too. Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions is what the original box looked like. The one used to replicate for the 40th anniversary of the product back in 1998 was actually the second design of the box. The white arrow banner used to direct the consumer to the back of the box and to their nifty sharpener was clearly the biggest difference between the first several boxes. This particular design, for whatever reason, didn’t last very long at all, perhaps only a month. This could be validated because on the back of the box, it indicated “Patent pending”. There are no examples of this box with anything other whereas, the more commonly recognized red banner box can be found not only with “Patent pending” but also with the actual Patent number once it had been approved on October 28, 1958
Awesome find here. The First 64 count Box!!!! Crayola crayons Circa 1958 with the infamous FLESH crayon Box The great crayon is the flesh colored one. They renamed the flesh crayon to peach in 1962. Own a piece of history! Shipping $5 in USA - First Class insured mail in USA.
Certain colors have been renamed for political reasons, like “Flesh.”What color is flesh? According to Welter, it’s the lightly pigmented, roughly universal shade we see on our palms — like the Crayola crayon by that name. For most people, however, flesh refers to skin tone, and the problem with making one beige-y shade the only skin-tone crayon available is obvious. But until the early 1960s, Welter explained, the company hadn’t yet realized how the name could cause consternation. A social researcher noticed children using the shade to draw people, teasing darker-skinned classmates who didn’t match the crayon. Shortly after the researcher wrote a letter to the company in 1962, (after a couple back-and-forth years with the name Pink Beige, for some reason) the Crayola shade became known as Peach.Previously Enjoyed Condition With writing on Box some broken crayons see photos
Awesome find here. The First 64 count Box!!!! Crayola crayons Circa 1958 with the infamous FLESH crayon Box The great crayon is the flesh colored one. They renamed the flesh crayon to peach in 1962. Own a piece of history! Shipping $5 in USA - First Class insured mail in USA.
Certain colors have been renamed for political reasons, like “Flesh.”What color is flesh? According to Welter, it’s the lightly pigmented, roughly universal shade we see on our palms — like the Crayola crayon by that name. For most people, however, flesh refers to skin tone, and the problem with making one beige-y shade the only skin-tone crayon available is obvious. But until the early 1960s, Welter explained, the company hadn’t yet realized how the name could cause consternation. A social researcher noticed children using the shade to draw people, teasing darker-skinned classmates who didn’t match the crayon. Shortly after the researcher wrote a letter to the company in 1962, (after a couple back-and-forth years with the name Pink Beige, for some reason) the Crayola shade became known as Peach.Previously Enjoyed Condition With writing on Box some broken crayons see photos
