Pen Advertising Cube Museum

Pencil Advertising Cecil Smith's Cube Museum

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Pencil Advertising Cecil Smith's Cube Museum
Pencil Advertising Cecil Smith's Cube Museum

Object Details

Description

This 6-1/2" black plastic ballpoint stick pen has a white eraser and is marked: CECIL SMITH – THE CUBE MUSEUM (/) BOX 2826-329 QURAY, PH 1-303-245-6734 (/) GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. 81502 USA.

Rubik's Cube enthusiast Cecil Smith (b. 1929) operated the Cube Museum in western Colorado from 1988 to 1991, in part to demonstrate the thousands of patterns that could be formed with this mathematical game. This pen advertised the facility. After the museum closed, he donated a few items from his collection of nearly 5,000 cubes to the Smithsonian.

Reference: Cecil Smith, "Cubeology's Pretty Patterns," http://rubikscube2.com/id1.html.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Cecil Smith

date made

1988-1991

ID Number

2006.3041.13.3

catalog number

2006.3041.13.3

nonaccession number

2006.3041

Object Name

pen

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

metal (overall material)

rubber (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 16.4 cm x .4 cm x .4 cm; 6 15/32 in x 5/32 in x 5/32 in

place made

United States

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

writing implements