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The Flounder / The Drachen / Pez Raya
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the paperfolding design known as The Flounder / Drachen / Pez Raya. 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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1900

As far as I know a version of this design fist appears as 'Drachen' (The Dragon) in 'Die Frobelschen Beschaftigungen: Das Falten' by Marie Muller-Wunderlich, which was published by Friedrich Brandstetter in Leipzig in 1900.

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The design also appears:

1910

Twice, as both 'Drachen' and 'Flunder' in 'Allerlei Papierarbeiten' by Hildergard Gierke and Alice Kuczynski, which was published by Drud und Verlag B G Teubner in Leipzig and Berlin in 1910.

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1936

As 'Flunder' (Flounder) in 'Allerlei Papierarbeiten' by Hilde Wulff and Carola Babick, which was published in Leipzig and Berlin in 1936.

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1939

As 'Pez' in 'Trabajo Manual Educativo' by Araminta V Aramburu, which was published by F Crespillo in Buenos Aires in 1939.

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1940

As 'Flunder' In the revised version of 'Lustiges Papierfaltbüchlein' by Johanna Huber, which was published by Otto Maier in Ravensburg, Germany in 1940.

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As 'Pez Raya' (Ray Fish) in 'El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria' by Antonio M Luchia and Corina Luciani de Luchia, which was published by Editorial Kapelusz in Buenos Aires in 1940.

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1951

As 'Pez' in Plegado laminas published by Della Penna, April 1951.

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