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Last updated 19/2/2024

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Paper Cups
 
This page is being used to collect information about thr history of paper cups. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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The Paper Cup - 1900 onwards

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1924

This alternative way of making a paper cup from a rectangle appears in Popular Mechanics Magazine for April 1924. Information from José Tomas Buitrago.

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1936

A design for 'Another Paper Cup' appears in 'More Things Any Boy Can Make' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by D Appleton-Century Company in New York and London in 1936.

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1939

The same design also appears in 'Fun with Paper' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by Spencer Press Inc in Chicago in 1939.

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