The Venus Pen & Pencil Corporation was founded in 1861 in New York City, New York. Its industry was pencils and its headquarters was in New York City, New York. It bought the Esterbrook Pen Company in 1967. It went defunct in 1973 after being bought out by both the Berol Corporation and A. W. Faber-Castell Pencil Company.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- Venus Pencil Company, Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario)
COMPANY NAMES[]
- American Lead Pencil Company (1861-1956)
- Venus Pen & Pencil Corporation (1956-1967)
- Venus-Esterbrook (1967-1973)
PRODUCTS[]
- "Venus" Velvet Ball "PEN-cil" (Regular, Double Duty, Super Fine, Liquid Velvet Lead)
- "Venus" 6B Pencils
ADVERTISEMENTS[]
The Saturday Evening Post (Jan. 28, 1905)
American Builder (April 1917)
Bookseller & Stationer (January 1919)
The Architectural Forum (January 1922)
Office Appliances (June 1925)
Machinery (August 1929)