The Rex Fraternity Initiates a New Pledge

The Rex Manufacturing Company family of pencils arises out of a series of four patents from 1925 and 1926, all of which were assigned to a company called the "Rex Manufacturing Company."  Who actually made these pencils is still unknown, but on page 125 of The Catalogue I do illustrate what's left of a pencil in this family that is actually marked "Rex," which suggests the company made at least some of the pencils on its own account. . . .

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