Thursday, May 3, 2018

A Fine Little Bit of Paperwork

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I think I found this one online:


I bought it more for the paperwork and the box than for the pencil itself:


It’s a Webster, and often these have really cool names, but this one says only “Webster / Made in U.S.A.”


The paperwork, however, identifies this as the Webster “4-star” pencil - and it also includes the written confirmation that, at least by this time, the Webster was exclusively a Sears, Roebuck & Co. brand:



1 comment:

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