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The Pencil Lives!

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Who knew it took so many different materials, machines and processes to produce the pencil?. This article vividly captures the process in words and pictures, depicting people and production at General Pencil Company in Jersey City.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/magazine/inside-one-of-americas-last-pencil-factories.html

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