Wednesday, January 31, 2024

YES ....TODAY IS NATIONAL SCOTCH TAPE DAY

It's National Scotch Tape Day! Today we take it for granted---but back in the day, it was all the rage!

The precursor to the current tapes was developed in the 1930s in St. Paul, Minnesota by Richard Drew to seal a then-new transparent material known as cellophane.

And the rest is history! Read more here.

CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE A 1940 AD FOR...THE TAPE DISPENSER! MAKES A GREAT GIFT!

AND YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY....WHEN CELLOPHANE WAS NEW AND EXCITING, 1934; click here

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