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In China (and in publications by Chinese authors)

1914

Diagrams for this design, titled 'Wallet', appear in 'Zhe zhi tu shuo' (Illustrated Paperfolding), compiled by Gui Shaolie, which was published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai in Ming guo 3 (1914).

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In Japan (and in publications by Japanese authors)

1903

The design appears as a wallet in 'Jinjo Kouto Shogaku Shuko Seisakuzu' (Handicrafts for ordinary higher elementary schools) by Hideyoshi Okayama, which was published by Rokushiro Uehara in Tokyo in 1903.

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1904

The design appears as 'Father's Business Card Holder' in 'Shukouka Kyoju Shishin: Maiji Haitou' by Hyojiro Nakagaki, which was published by Kenseikai in Tokyo in 1904.

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1905

The same design appears as a hat (title unknown) in 'Shukouka Kyohon : Liron Jishuu Souga Setsumei' by Kikujiro Kiuchi, Rokushiro Uehara and Hideyoshi Okayama, which was published by Shigebei Takase in Chiba in 1905.

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1907

The same design appears, without a drawing of what the result should look like, in 'Shukou Tebikigusa : Kokumin Kyoiku Origami Yuihimo' by Ishin Nishigaki, which was published by Meguro Shoten in Nagaoka in 1907. I cannot understand the title of the design.

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1908

Diagrams for the Simple Wallet (here called the Business Card Holder) also appear in 'Origami zusetsu' (Illustrated Origami) by Sano Shozo, which was published in Tokyo in 1908.

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1959

This design appears as a 'Nurse's Cap / Scout Cap / GI Cap / Stewardesses Cap / Billfold' (a small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency) 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959. Of the lower design the instructions say:

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1965

The design also appears, as 'Overseas Cap', in 'The World of Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published in the USA by Japan Publications Trading Company in 1965.

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In Europe and the Americas

1900

A drawing of what an unnamed and unexplained design that is most probably the Nurse's Cap appears in 'Mes Jolie Jeux' by Henriette Suzanne Bres, which was published by Librairie Hachette in Paris in 1900.

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1907

The Nurse's Cap design appears as 'Al gorro ruso' (the Russian cap) in an article titled 'El trabajo manual escolar' by Vicente Casto Legua in the January 1907 issue of the Spanish magazine 'La Escuela Moderna' which was published in Madrid by Los Sucesores de Hernando. No illustration of the design is given but the design can be reproduced from the instructions.

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1923

As 'El Gorro' in 'Trabajos Manuales y Juegos Infantiles' by Francisco Blanch, which was published by I. G. Seix y Barral Hermanos S.A.- Editores in Barcelona in 1923. About this design the text says, 'We are going to explain how that material, the hat, is constructed, A piece of paper of any kind will suffice, which has a square shape and about two spans on each side. By folding it suitably a hat like the one seen in Fig A is made.' No more detailed folding instructions are provided.

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1940

The same design appears as 'Gorro de Pintor' (Painter's Hat) 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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1959

This design also appears, as 'Cap' but clearly decorated as a Nurse's Cap, in 'Fun-time Paper Folding' by Elinor Tripato Massoglio, which was published by Childrens Press in Chicago in 1959

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1968

This design for a 'GI Cap' appears in 'Teach Yourself Origami: The Art of Paperfolding' by Robert Harbin, which was published by The English Universities Press in 1968. It is the same design as the Nurse's Cap except that the flaps are tucked inside.

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