

It's now a childhood classic, but the modern Crayola crayon has roots in the same company where carbon black was made for car tires at the turn of the 20th century. But people were creating art with colored implements before Binney and Smith made theirs.
Circa 1970: Joe Garcia, 3, busily engaged in coloring a picture at Park Hill Day Care Center, Denver, Colorado. (Photo By Oliva Fall/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Topics in this Podcast: 19th century, 20th century, art
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