Artist/Maker Scripto, Inc.
Title

Pencil leads

DateCirca 1962
Dimensions4 × 46 in. (10.2 × 116.8 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.4191
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionScripto Long Leads. Box of 50 =/-, HB, No. E 450, cedar interior casing, complete.ProvenanceHigh quality professional drafting leads presumed to contain sperm-whale oil derivatives and byproducts, mint condition in manufacturer's original packaging. [More recent versions of these and analogous products no longer contain whale products.] This gift is made in memory of Robert M. Frank.
Robert M. Frank, P. E. (Hewitt Robbins, Inc., New York City and Totowa, N. J., circa 1950s; National Electronic Interference Control Co., Larchmont, NY, circa 1950s-60s)
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2001.100.4192
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