Robert Caro, Mongol user
I found this Arnold Newman photograph chance. It’s from 1975 and shows Robert Caro in his office, holding a Mongol pencil in his hand.
Moses Mongol
Robert Moses with a Mongol pencil, as seen in “City of Tomorrow,” the sixth episode of Ken Burns’s New York: A Documentary Film (2001).
A Mongol sighting
From I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948).
A Frasier Mongol
In a cup on a desk.
A Gershwin and a Mongol
George, composing.
C-Man Mongol
Yep, it’s a Mongol.
An Eberhard Faber album
Here’s a short video tour of an Eberhard Faber sales-rep’s album (circa 1915). Must be seen to be believed.
Goodbye, Mongol
Newell Brands has canceled its trademark for the Mongol pencil.
Mongol sighting
From the film From Man on a Swing.
A Mongol sighting
In Elaine May’s Mikey and Nicky.
Naked City Mongol
One more pencil.
Naked City Mongol
Maybe they used the same pencil from episode to episode.
Naked City Mongol
The Mongol seems to be the official pencil of the Naked City, showing up in a number of episodes.
Garry Trudeau Mongols
If you look closely at the photograph, you’ll see that in 1972 Trudeau was using Mongol pencils.
Hidden Mongols
At Oddments of High Importance, Mike found a box of ten Mongols in a filing cabinet.
Naked City Mongols
Whichever side of the law you’re on, the Mongol is the pencil of choice in the Naked City.
Semi-anonymous Mongols
Three Mongols making a little extra money in this advertisement for an all-in-one sharpener.
A Mongol sighting
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is holding a Mongol pencil.
Mongol?
Sure looks like one.
“Know the Answers”
A Mongol pencil, from Somewhere in the Night (dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946).
Mongols in a penholder holder
Mongols in a four-hole holder for penholders.
A Mongol sighting
In Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
A Mongol sighting
Robert Bice as a police dispatcher, Mongol pencil in hand. From The Racket (dir. John Cromwell, 1951).
Eberhard Faber letterhead
Sean at Blackwing Pages and Contrapuntalism passed on this scan of the Eberhard Faber letterhead, complete with telephone exchange name, cable address, diamond star trademark, and two-digit postal code. And trailing clouds of graphite, a bright, sharp no. 2 Mongol.
A 1957 Mongol advertisement
The importance of being analog.
A Mongol sighting
From Call Northside 777.
National Handwriting Day
Mr. Peepers is sharpening in preparation.
Sam Ervin, Mongol user
Watergate-era photographs.
Mongol pencil sighting
Walter Brennan and a Mongol.
Recently updated
Purée Mongole? Apocryphal.