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Paper Companies

United Paper Co. – Richmond, VA

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

Vincenzo and I went all through one section of Richmond taking shots with the wrong exposure setting. We freaked out when we discovered that we took over 100 exposures and had to retrace our steps. I’ve been tinkering with many of them in Photoshop which appear completely dark but have some information hiding there. I’m turning them into these grainy B&W shots.

Atlantic Paper Co – River Street & MLK Blvd – Savannah, GA

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© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump

NY Times

NY Times

Savannah History – A New Georgia Encyclopedia

Royal Paper Corporation – Eleventh Avenue – From West Side Hwy

Royal Paper

Royal Paper

Royal Paper

Royal Paper
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Robert Gair – Brooklynite & Inventor of the Corrugated Box – Water & Adams Street, DUMBO

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor

Robert Gair - Corrugated Box Inventor
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Robert Gair invented the corrugated box in 1890.

Brooklynite Robert Gair was a printer and paper bag maker in the 1870s. He invented the corrugated (reinforced) cardboard box by accident: a metal ruler normally used to crease bags shifted in position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing cardboard in one operation, he could make prefabricated cartons that were a cheaper alternative to the wood and metal boxes that merchandise had been shipped in.

Gair founded a paper empire and occupied several buildings in the area, many of which still bear his name. Information found at Wikipedia by way of Forgotten-NY.

Amarusa? Paper – West 28th Street & b/w Seventh & Eighth Avenues – March 2008

Amarusa

Amarusa

Amarusa

Amarusa
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