| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of paper tents. 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. There is a separate page for The One Fold Tent / Book. ********** The Waterbomb Base Tent - 1904 onwards
********** The Newspaper Tent - 1904 onwards
********** 1938 An illustration showing paper tents, which appear to have been made by the Cardboard Modelling technique, appears in 'Spielzeug - Eine bunte Fibel' by Hans-Friedrich Geist and Alfred Mahlau, which was published by L Staadman Verlag in Leipzig in 1938.
********** 1948 A different design for a paper tent appears in 'The Art of Chinese Paper folding for Young and Old' by Maying Soong, which was published by Harcourt Brace and Company of New York in 1948.
********** 1959 A design for a simple 2D tent appears in 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959.
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