Title | A. W. Faber Price-list |
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Publisher | A. W. Faber |
Date | 1897 |
Description | A 113-page catalog published in 1897 called “A. W. Faber’s Price-List of Superior Lead and Colored Pencils: Writing and Copying Inks, Slate Manufactures, Rulers, Pen-Holders, and Erasive Rubbers” by A.W. Faber based out of New York City, New York. The company is known today as Faber-Castell. Content includes a preface, testimonials, price lists, and an index of all utensils in the catalog. The products include polygrade and Siberian lead pencils, drawing pencils, low-priced lead pencils, colored pencils and chalks, pencils for artists, and school writing slates. |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | TS1268.A2 1897 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1831811~S11 |
Digital Collection | Architecture Retail Catalog Collection |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/aapamphlets |
Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please cite the item using the citation button. |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | Title page |
Description | Features A.W. Faber's designation as a manufacturer and seller of pencils, inks, slates, rulers, penholders, erasers, as a multiple exhibition medal winner, and lists locations of A. W. Faber factories and houses. |
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File Name | aapam_201101_001aa.jpg |
Transcript | wgtigg A. W. FABER'S PRICE-LIST OF SUPERIOR Lead and Colored Pencils WRITING AND COPYING INKS Slate Manufactures Rulers, Penholders and Erasive Rubber MANUFACTORY ESTABLISHED 1761 GOLD AND FIRST-CLASS PRIZE MEDALS FROM ALL EXHIBITIONS London, 1851 and 1862. New-York, 1853. Munich, 1854. Paris, 1855 Dublin, 1865. Stettin, 1865. Havre, 1868. Lyons, 1872. Moscow, 1872 Philadelphia, 1876. Chicago, 1893 Only Gold Medal, Paris, 1867 Diploma of Honor (highest award), Vienna, 1873 Sydney Exhibition, 1880, First Award * FACTORIES IN GERMANY AND FRANCE HOUSES IN LONDON, PARIS, AND BERLIN NEW-YORK: 78 READE STREET |