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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.
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.
Crayola LLC, formerly the Binney & Smith Company, is an American manufacturing and retail company specializing in art supplies. It is known for its brand Crayola and best known for its crayons . The company is headquartered in Forks Township, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
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 ...
An assortment of crayon boxes produced by Binney Smith between 1903 and 1910. Since the introduction of Crayola drawing crayons by Binney & Smith in 1903, more than two hundred colors have been produced in a wide variety of assortments. The line has undergone several major revisions, notably in 1935, 1949, 1958, and 1990.
Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith had been long established in the coloring marketplace through Binney's Peekskill, New York, chemical works making lampblack by burning whale and carbon black, as well as their chalk products. In 1902, they developed and introduced the Staonal marking crayon.
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 ...
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