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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.
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]
The property once belonged to Edwin Binney, who invented the Crayola crayon. ... Binney family impact on Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County ... once was the Florida home of Binney and his wife, Alice ...
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 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]
Janie Baugh and Dennis Jurkiewicz, owners of the former home of Edwin Binney, walk through the 5-acre property of the historic home. There is an old wood frame house (left) on the property that ...
In 1911, Putnam married Dorothy Binney (1888–1982), the daughter of Edwin Binney, inventor and co-owner, with cousin C. Harold Smith, of Bonney & Smith Inc., the company that made Crayola crayons. They had two sons, David Binney Putnam (1913–1992) and George Palmer Putnam Jr. (1921–2013), and for a time lived in Bend, Oregon , where ...