Slate pencils were used frequently by school children in the late 1800s and even in the early 1900s after lead pencils had been introduced. Slate pencils were a soft grade slate core that came unwrapped, wrapped in paper, or encased in wood. They were used to write on a harder grade slate tablet. This pencil was recovered from 45 Minna Street.
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