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Edwin Binney (November 24, 1866 – December 17, 1934) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, who created the first dustless white chalk, and along with his cousin C. Harold Smith (born London, 1860 - died, 1931), was the founder of handicrafts company Binney & Smith, which marketed his invention of the Crayola crayon.
The property once belonged to Edwin Binney, who invented the Crayola crayon. He and his wife, Alice, had a significant impact on Fort Pierce. ... The property, at 6701 Indrio Road, once was the ...
The name Crayola was suggested by Alice Binney, wife of company founder Edwin Binney, combining craie, French for "chalk," a reference to the pastels that preceded and lent their name to the first drawing crayons, with the suffix -ola, meaning "oleaginous," a reference to the wax from which the crayons were made. [1]
Then Edwin Binney, working with his wife, Alice Stead Binney, developed his own famous product line of wax crayons beginning on June 10, 1903, [10] which it sold under the brand name Crayola. The Crayola name was coined by Alice Binney who was a former schoolteacher.
Edwin Binney's fingerprints are all over Fort Pierce's history, and his historic home still stands on Indrio Road. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
The Binney Estate, recently designated historic by the county, once was the home to Crayola crayon inventor Edwin Binney, who played a significant role in the early development of Fort Pierce and ...
In 1902, they developed and introduced the Staonal marking crayon. A year later in 1903, Edwin Binney's wife, Alice Stead Binney, [14] coined the name Crayola by combining the French word for chalk, craie, with the first part of oleaginous, another name for the paraffin wax used to make the crayon.
Palmer, born Dorothy Binney on July 20, 1888, [1]: 8 was the daughter of Edwin Binney, [2] the manufacturer known for Binney & Smith company which produced Crayola crayons. [3] Growing up she was known as Dorfry to her friends and family, [4] and she was a championship swimmer. [5]