What year was eraser put on pencil?

The eraser was first added to the end of pencils in the 1850s. Prior to this, people used separate pieces of gum or rubber to erase pencil marks. The combination of the pencil and eraser became popular with the invention of the first mass-produced pencil with an attached eraser by Hymen Lipman in 1858. This innovation helped streamline the writing and correction process.