Eberhard Faber: Mongols On Display

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Sean

A company photo of Mongol pencils taken at the factory in Greenpoint, sometime in the early 1900s.

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4 Responses to Eberhard Faber: Mongols On Display

  1. memm says:
    May 3, 2018 at 4:25 am

    The messy pile in the middle of the desk doesn’t seem to fit with the tall pencils standing guard in the background.

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    • Sean says:
      May 3, 2018 at 2:58 pm

      I don’t know the precise story about this photo. It’s an original, and my feeling is that someone wanted to gather all of the Mongol promotional materials and products — perhaps as a test of some sort? Neither the setting nor the quality of the photo lend themselves toward advertising, but it’s only a guess.

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  2. Michael Leddy says:
    May 5, 2018 at 11:20 am

    It’s the Metropolis of Mongols.

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