- Manufactured by
- National Pencil Company, American
- Owned by
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Date
- before 1964
- Medium
- paint on wood with graphite , metal and rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 5/16 × 5/16 × 5/16 in. (16.1 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm)
- Description
- A National Pencil Company Swank 112 No.2 pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The graphite pencil has a green, hexagonal body with white text that reads [NATIONAL’S SWANK N[encircled] USA 112 No[underlined] 2] on one side. At one end of the body is a metallic green ferrule with a worn down green rubber eraser attached to the top. The pencil has been sharpened and the tip has broken off.
- Place made
- Shelbyville, Bedford county, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Accessories and Personal Effects
- Type
- pencils
- Topic
- Band (Music)
- Communication
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Costume
- Entertainers
- Jazz (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- A2015.273.1.1.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




