"London Free Press" Wooden Pencil Case
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 4 x 22.9 cm
Credit LineGift of Dr. J. Malcolm Smith, London, Ontario, 1999
Object number1999.003.213
Label TextThis pencil case promotes the London Free Press. William Sutherland established the weekly Canadian Free Press in 1849. Josiah Blackburn purchased the paper in 1852 and renamed it the London Free Press. He published the paper daily from 1855. It stayed in the family through generations of Blackburn’s. In 1997, the Blackburn family sold the London Free Press to Sun Media Corporation.
NameCase, Pencil
c. 1880-1910
