C. 1940s American Crayon Co Wooden Box of 36 Fat White Freart Chalk Sticks in Sawdust brass snuff box especially ones whose survival seems

especially ones whose survival seems rather miraculous

and might guess they are somehow connected

which to me wonderfully give life to the imagination of a young person

I also like that it can be displayed sitting up

Finding these was a revelation to me--I've never seen another set

C. 1940s American Crayon Co Wooden Box of 36 Fat White Freart Chalk Sticks in Sawdust brass snuff box especially ones whose survival seemsI'm a real sucker for a box full of white chalk, to my eye a perfect found object that I would be disinclined to disrupt. This is first I've found with very fat white chalk, and with every single stick in place, original sawdust packed around them. A minimalist sculpture, a box of creative potential, a feat of product packaging. In wooden crate with jointed corners and smart looking American Crayon Company paper label: Freart for Free Expression Work