Museum object · Tools and Equipment
Swank brand 112 No.2 pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
before 1964
Shelbyville, Bedford county, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A National Pencil Company Swank 112 No.2 pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The graphite pencil has a green, hexagonal body with white text that reads [NATIONAL’S SWANK N[encircled] USA 112 No[underlined] 2] on one side. At one end of the body is a metallic green ferrule with a worn down green rubber eraser attached to the top. The pencil has been sharpened and the tip has broken off.
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Catalog reference: A2015.273.1.1.36