Does anyone know the history of crayons?

Son of The Household Cavalry

Now they have had a colourful life. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcrayon.htm gives the history of the most well known variety - Crayola Oct 24 02, 9:08 PM

mk2norwich

mk2norwich says: I'm not sure if this is what you want, but this link provides details about the history of Crayola brand crayons: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story060.htm Thu Oct 24 15:10:31 CDT 2002 (Delete Entry) (Reposted to fix link - McG) Nov 10 02, 3:32 AM

greencavalier

There's a pencil museum, in Keswick in England, but I can't open their web page today. Nov 10 02, 2:18 PM

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