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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.
Crayola's founders Edwin Binney (left) and Charles Smith (right), c. 1900 The company was founded as Binney & Smith Company by cousins Edwin Binney and Charles Smith [ 6 ] in New York City in 1885. Initial products were colorants for industrial use, including red iron oxide pigments used in barn paint and carbon black chemicals used for making ...
1880: Joseph Binney sets up headquarters in New York City, joined by son Edwin Binney and nephew C. Harold Smith. [2] 1885: Joseph Binney retires; Edwin and C. Harold Smith, form a partnership and call their company Binney & Smith. [3] Early products include red oxide pigment used in barn paint and carbon black used for car tires.
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]
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 ]
Crayola is a company, formerly named Binney & Smith Inc., as well as a brand of art products manufactured by that company. Pages in category "Crayola" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Amos Binney, American physician, malacologist and father of William G. Binney; Constance Binney (1896–1989), American stage and film actress and dancer; David Binney, saxophonist and composer; Don Binney, New Zealand painter; Edward William Binney (1812–1882), English geologist; Edwin Binney (1866–1934), inventor of the Crayola crayon