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Kropf, an attorney and author, traces the history of the American Crayon Company in Sandusky, Ohio, and the role of his family in creating the company, along with the Whitworth family (his ancestors), the Curtis family, and the Cowdery family. He details the origins and development of the company in the context of his childhood and life and the community of Sandusky. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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This is the story of the crayon. Following the Civil War, three entrepreneurial families took their innovative ideas for school chalk from the kitchen stove and transformed them into the American Crayon Company. Color Capital of the World tells this story through the eyes of one of the founding family's descendants, tracing the cycle of build, boom, and bust. Readers will come away feeling a greater appreciation of the human story behind the crayon and the Ohio town that produced more crayons and paints than anywhere in the world.
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