And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: March 30th, 1858, 156 years ago today . . . the day a Philadelphia inventor made his mark. For that was the day Hyman Lipman patented the first pencil ...

Erasers are a staple in any stationery kit, often used to correct mistakes when writing or drawing with a pencil. Whether it’s at school, work, or during an art project, they serve as a handy tool to ...

Philadelphia inventor Hymen L. Lipman rushed heroically to the aid of mistake-prone schoolchildren, draftsmen and artists everywhere when he secured the patent for the pencil with eraser on this day ...

EVERY SCHOOLROOM ON THE PLANET (WHTM) — National Pencil Day celebrates a piece of technology so commonplace we rarely stop to consider how remarkable it is. Specifically, it marks the day in 1858 when ...

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Writer and illustrator Jenny Alvarado is back with the side-splitting duo and comedy team you never knew you needed with Pencil & Eraser: Lost and Frown! is on sale May 6th, 2025 from G.P. Putnam's ...