Tupperware Collection 1949-2004

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Tupperware Collection 1949-2004

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/t/tupperware.htm

Collection is an artificial compilation of pieces donated to the National Plastics Center & Museum. It includes sales material such as brochures and sales receipts, a copy photograph of the founder Earl Tupper with his signature, and a book of poetry published by Tupperware.

0.5 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362863

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Tupperware Corporation

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National Plastics Center & Museum

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Earl Tupper (1907-1983) founded Tupperware Brands Corporation in 1938. Tupper's method of purifying a by-product of the oil refining process resulted in affordable polyethylene -- plastic -- products in a rainbow of colors for a wide range of kitchen and home uses. Tupper introduced the line in 1946 through department and hardware stores; sales were steady but modest until the advent of Tupperware Home Parties (based on a similar strategy developed by Stanley Home Products). The Hom...

Holtz, Harold A.

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Tupper, Earl Silas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60725v8 (person)