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7" white vinyl erasers Mars-Plastic

7" white vinyl erasers Mars-Plastic

Inventory Number: 2014-1-0149
Classification: Drafting Aid
Subject:
drawing, drafting,
Manufacturer: Staedtler (founded 1835)
Dimensions:
each eraser: 17.5 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm (6 7/8 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
box: 4.2 × 18.7 × 1.9 cm (1 5/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/4 in.)
Material:
cardboard, vinyl,
Description:
one box of 12 white vinyl erasers
In Collection(s)
  • Charrette Corporation and Lionel Spiro
Signedon front of box: STAEDTLER / (on left) ONE / DOZ. (in middle) MARS-PLASTIC / VINYL ERASERS / SOFT / (on right) 527 05-S / GERMANY
Inscribedon top and base of box: (on the left: illustration) (in the middle) STAEDTLER / MARS-PLASTIC (on the right) 7" WHITE / VINYL ERASERS / 527 05 SOFT
on the left and right sides of box: FOR ALL POPULAR MODELS OF ELECTRIC ERASING MACHINES
on front of box: STAEDTLER / (on left) ONE / DOZ. (in middle) MARS-PLASTIC / VINYL ERASERS / SOFT / (on right) 527 05-S / GERMANY
FunctionVinyl erasers were developed to more cleanly remove pencil marks. These long cylindrical erasers were designed for use in electric erasing machines.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.

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