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1904

As far as I know this design first appears as 'Einfach offene vierecke Schachtel' (Simple open square box) in 'Handbüchlein der Papierfaltekunst' by J Sperl, which was published by Hartleben in Wien and Leipzig in 1904.

Other designs based on the Magazine Cover Box appear later in the work, including:

31. Zweiradrieger Schiebkarren (Two-wheeled Pushcart)

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32. Vierradriger Wagen (Four-wheeled Wagon)

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33. Bergwerkswagen (Mine Wagon)

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34. Eisenbahn (Railroad)

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35. Lokomobil (Locomotive)

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37. Kinderwagen

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1905

There is a photograph in an article in Issue 238 of the Buenos Aires edition of the magazine Caras y Caretas', published on 25th March 1905, which appears to show the Magazine Cover Box, although the reproduction is too grainy to allow for certainty. The box in the centre may be a squashed version of the same design.

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The design also appears:

1926

On p623 of the 17th July 1926 issue of 'Journal des Instituteurs'. Information from Michel Grand.

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1931

In the revised 3rd edition of 'Lustiges Papierfaltbüchlein' by Johanna Huber, which was published by Otto Maier in Ravensburg, Germany in 1931.

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1936

As 'Langlicher Offener Kasten' (Elongated Open Box) in 'Allerlei Papierarbeiten' by Hilde Wulff and Carola Babick, which was published in Leipzig and Berlin in 1936.

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1951

As the 'Weaver's Shuttle Box' in Marie Gilbert Martin's 1951 book 'Pasteless Construction with Paper'. I have not seen a copy of this book but evidence that this box is some variant of the 'Magazine Cover Box' design comes from 'Modern Origami' by James Minoru Sakoda (see entry for 1969 below).

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1958

'Maria Martin's famous shuttle fold' is mentioned in Volume 1, Issue 3 of 'The Origamian', which was published in December 1958 and 'the bench and side chair from Marie Martin's book and her famous shuttle-fold' in Volume 1, Issue 4, which was published in January 1959.

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The design also appears:

1961

As 'Faltschachtel' in 'Wir Falten' by Joachim Schönherr and Gerta Schumann, which was published by Rudolf Arnold Verlag in Leipzig in 1961.

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1963

as 'Strong Box' in the second edition of 'Het Grote Vouwboek' by Aart van Breda, which was published by Uitgeverij van Breda in 1963.

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1969

'Modern Origami' by James Minoru Sakoda, which was published by Simon and Schuster in New York in 1969, contains the design under the heading 'How to fold a box'. The author states that he has adapted the design from Marie Gilbert Martin's 'Weaver's Shuttle Box' (from her 1951 book 'Pasteless Construction with Paper').

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1978

The same design was published, under the name of the Magazine Cover Box, in 1978 in Vol 13 issue 4 of the Origamian. The diagrams include the information that ‘Emily Rosenthal learned this in her German childhood - from whom she does not remember’.

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2005

In 2005, while I was preparing my book ‘Complete Origami’ for publication, I played with these boxes to see whether, and if so how, the design could be enhanced or varied. I found that it was possible to add simple strengtheners to the boxes to make them more practical to use and also that it was possible to combine four of the shorter, broader version of the design to create a modular cuboid, that might be used, perhaps, as a simple gift container.

Diagrams for the original box and these developments can be found at http://www.origamiheaven.com/pdfs/magazinebox.pdf

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