Manufacturer
AUTOMATIC PENCIL SHARPENER COMPANY
Climax No. 2 Automatic Pencil Sharpener
Date1913 - 1925
Credit LineGift of Richard Costley-White, 2003.
Object number2003.018.004
Label TextThis pencil sharpener was used by Walter J. Blackburn or another member of the Blackburn family at the corporate office. Josiah Blackburn, grandfather of Walter, bought a weekly newspaper and named it The London Free Press in 1852. In addition to the newspaper, the Blackburn family acquired radio and eventually television stations, sparking the beginning a media empire that would carry into over 100 years.
NameSharpener, Pencil
c. 1920s
c. 1920
c. 1930
c. 1930s - c. 1950s