Museum Artifact: Brunswick Black Scoring Crayons, c. 1950s
Made By: The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., 623-633 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL [Downtown / The Loop]
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
Museum Artifact: Brunswick Black Scoring Crayons, c. 1950s
Made By: The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., 623-633 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL [Downtown / The Loop]
Research is underway on this one and a full write-up will be coming soon.
I was researching an c. 1940 image of a good-sized factory building at 3900 S. Federal and found a listing in a 1928 Chicago reverse street address directory that identified the occupant as Brunswick-Balke-Collander, evidently for use as a warehouse. That address does not seem to be mentioned in any sites having to do with the Brunswick Company. Do any of you know how long that Brunswick occupied that building? The building, of course, no longer exists, presumably having been demolished for housing developments or the IIT campus.
Thanks!
I HAVE BRUNSWICK BLACK MARKING CRAYS THE BRUNSWICK BALKE COLLENDER MARKED ON THE PAPER WRAPPERS.
NOT SURE OF THE AGE AND USE FOR THEM.
ANY INFORMATION
mind-wandering to past times, in 1956-58 : I worked at Brunswick bldg in Chgo offices downtown. They were mostly into billiards & bowling all supplies & professionals – a huge well respected business – started subsidiary in South America, but d.k. if that developed. It was huge, with many office workers in open-space areas. I recall i had no complaints as employee, moved up because of abilities and left there nothing to do with work but Chgo terrible climate, thus living conditions. My memories still serve me well – of having had an opportunity to work, learn and not complain – then nor now.
Does anyone have information about the draftsmen that worked here, and examples of their work?
They also occupied extensive premises on both sides of W. Superior St. (addresses 93 – 101 and 88 – 114) and on one side of W. Huron St. (addresses 85 – 111), between N. Sedgwick St. and N. Orleans St.
This can be examined in more detail by looking at the 1906 Sanborn fire insurance map for that neighborhood (link is for relevant map on Library of Congress website).
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4104cm.g01790190601N/?sp=6&r=-0.105,0.318,1.193,0.718,0
At one time, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. was located at 157 – 161 Superior Street, as seen on this 1906 Sanborn fire insurance map (link to Library of Congress website).
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4104cm.g01790190601N/?sp=8&r=0.328,0.347,0.333,0.2,0