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.
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
Old postcard from 1910 with picture of a fire at Burnswick Balke Collender:
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