When was the Crayola crayon invented?

Binney & Smith, the company that created and sold Crayola crayons actually started from one of the founder's uncle who started a small chemical company in 1864 in Peekskill, PA. Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith would eventually take over that business and move their factory to Easton, PA and set up a headquarters in New York City. They didn't invent the Crayola brand of crayons until 1903, a year after they invented a black marking crayon for industry under the Staonal brand name. In June 1903 they began selling the Crayola brand through a number of different boxes and color sizes ranging from 6 colors to 30 colors. Their original palate of colors were 38.