America’s most famous songwriter. A disinherited flapper heiress. A silver miner who hit the mother lode. Their stories are all united with a simple pencil that was the Jazz Age's text messager of choice.
Read moreGraphite Confidential Newsreel Edition: Ad Pencils That Advertise Pencils
To celebrate National Pencil Day, Graphite Confidential's inaugural newsreel uncovers the shocking truth about the advertising pencils made to advertise the making of... advertising pencils. Say that 10 times fast!
Read moreBlind New Yorkers Take Pencils Off The Streets
In 1934 Manhattan, Mayor LaGuardia was among the celebrities that bought these pencils manufactured and sold by blind folks in an East Side factory that fed and clothed thousands of destitute, sightless New Yorkers.
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