The Binney & Smith Company of New York and Easton, Pennsylvania, began operations producing paints, school pencils, and dustless chalk for classroom use. In 1903, it introduced a box of eight Crayola crayons for 5 cents. For nearly 100 years, Crayola has dominated the wax crayon business. In fact, 98 out of every 100 consumers recognize the word "Crayola." Each year, the Toy Manufacturers of America list Crayola's box of 64 crayons as one of the best selling toys--selling better, in fact, than any year's Cabbage Patch doll, Tickle Me Elmo, or Furby. But even though Crayola has a sure winner with its line of crayons, it has added products to suit an ever more varied and sophisticated coloring consumer. Crayola offered this package of 3D Sidewalk Chalk for budding artists hoping to perfect the anamorphic, or 3D, style of drawing popular among street painters in cities all over the world. The package includes five sticks of chalk with a different color at each end ( or ten colors in all) and 3D glasses that seem to make the artist's creations pop! right off the sidewalk.
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