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crayola crayons were created by Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith
2012
He invented crayola crayons with his partner Harold Smith
Edwin Binney and Harold Smith invented crayola crayons
He is the co-founder of Crayola Crayons. The othe co-founder is Harold Smith.
Edwind Binney and Harold Smith made crayons because they saw how the children had to use sticky chalk and the chalk get over there clothing and hand. So they decide to improve it and made crayons.
Edwin Binney and Harold Smith were the men responsible of the creation of the first crayolas under their Binney & Smith company which was founded back in 1885. In 1903, he produced the first Crayola crayons and trademarked the Crayola name with the help from Binney's wife. They first sold Crayola's in June of 1903 and had a full line of boxes from a 6-color to a 30-color although their 8-color was one of their more famous assortment sizes.
8, Crayola brand crayons (compare prices) were the first kids crayons ever made, invented by cousins, Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. The brand's first box of eight Crayola crayons made its debut in 1903. The crayons were sold for a nickel and the colors were black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow, and green. The word Crayola was created by Alice Stead Binney (wife of Edwin Binney) who took the French words for chalk (craie) and oily (oleaginous) and combined them.
Crayola did not invent the crayon. Records show that Europe was the birthplace of the "modern" crayon. The first crayons were made from a mixture of charcoal and oil. Later, powdered pigments of various hues replaced the charcoal. It was discovered that substituting wax for the oil in the mixture made the sticks sturdier and easier to handle. Crayola Crayons were invented by Binney & Smith in 1902 and first offered for sale in 1903. Alice (Stead) Binney, a school teacher and wife of co-founder Edwin Binney, suggested the company manufacture an inexpensive alternative to imported crayons of that era. The trade name Crayola was coined by Mrs. Edwin Binney who joined the French word "craie," meaning stick of chalk and "ola" from the word "oleaginous," meaning oily. Crayola Crayons are made primarily from paraffin wax and color pigment.
Edward Binney and Harold Smith invented crayons in 1903.
Actually it was Harold smith and edward binney they invented the crayola crayon
C. Harold Smith was the co-founder of the company Crayola. He and his cousin Edwin Binney started the company "Binney & Smith" in 1903, which later became known as Crayola.