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invention of crayolas?

i need to write a report on the invention of crayolas
it needs to include
1) the contribution to daily life in American society
2) a brief biography of the inventor (Edward Binney and Harold Smith )

In 1864, Joseph W. Binney founded the Peekskill Chemical Company in Peekskill, N.Y. This company was responsible for products in the black and red color range, such as lampblack, charcoal and a paint containing red iron oxide which was often used to coat the barns dotting America’s rural landscape.

Peekskill Chemical was also instrumental in creating an improved and black colored automobile tire by adding carbon black that was found to increase the tire tread life by four or five times.

Around 1885, Joseph’s son, Edwin Binney, and nephew, C. Harold Smith, formed the partnership of Binney & Smith. The cousins expanded the company’s product line to include shoe polish and printing ink. In 1900, the company purchased a stone mill in Easton, PA, and began producing slate pencils for schools. This started Binney’s and Smith’s research into nontoxic and colorful drawing mediums for kids. They had already invented a new wax crayon used to mark crates and barrels, however, it was loaded with carbon black and too toxic for children. They were confident that the pigment and wax mixing techniques they had developed could be adapted for a variety of safe colors.

In 1903, a new brand of crayons with superior working qualities was introduced – Crayola Crayons.

Binney & Smith, the company that makes Crayola® products, played a big role in coloring our world. In the late 1800s, it was Binney & Smith’s red oxide pigments that were used to make paint for what has become a timeless symbol of America — the classic red barn!

And it was Binney & Smith’s carbon pigments that the Goodrich company added to their traditional line of white auto tires to make them black. To their surprise, the pigment not only changed the color of the tires, it also made them five times more durable. Not long after, white tires vanished from American highways.

Binney & Smith establishes its business office in New York City. Then they buy a water-powered stone mill along the Bushkill Creek in Easton, Pennsylvania, to take advantage of the region’s large slate supply. The slate is used to make a new company product slate school pencils!

Shortly after of its successful launch of slate pencils, the company develops another school product: chalk. This is no ordinary chalk, though; it’s dustless chalk! Teachers across the nation love it! In fact, dustless chalk is so popular, it wins a gold medal at the St. Louis World Exposition.

While Binney & Smith representatives show their new pencils and dustless chalk in local schools, they notice a need for better-quality, affordable wax crayons. The company quickly changes its industrial marking crayons to be used in schools. They make the crayons smaller and add colored pigments to the paraffin wax. The crayons are an overnight success with children and teachers!

As Binney & Smith prepares to meet the challenges of the future, one of their greatest strengths comes from our colorful past. The Crayola brand is steeped in a heritage rich in education and creativity. Literally generations of children have grown up using Crayola products, so it’s no surprise that according to research, the name “Crayola” is recognized by 98 out of every 100 American consumers.

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