American Childhood: Crayola Crayons

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Object Project

UNCW Public History

38 episodes

6 days ago

The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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American Childhood: Crayola Crayons

Object Project

50 minutes 9 seconds

2 years ago

American Childhood: Crayola Crayons

Brian Fiore walks up through a sensory journey of a nearly universal childhood staple: Crayola Crayons. Through examining a 1903 box of crayons on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American history, Fiore looks at the production, distribution, color names, and more of these iconic items.