{"id":253,"date":"2012-06-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=253"},"modified":"2012-06-21T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T23:00:00","slug":"selling_cellophane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/selling_cellophane","title":{"rendered":"Selling Cellophane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cellophane is a thin, transparent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/mailroom-warehouse\/packaging\/c-1762\">packaging material<\/a> made from cellulose, a component of plant cell walls. From the 1930s, Cellophane was big business for its manufacturers Du Pont. In 1938 it accounted for a quater of Du Pont&#8217;s profits. As other packaging materials proliferated in the 1960s, sales of Cellophane dwindled though, being 100% biodegradable, it has since made something of a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these poster ads for the stuff from the 1930s, &#8217;40s and &#8217;50s probably wouldn&#8217;t be allowed nowadays, not least because they might encourage parents to wrap everything in sight, including their beloved issue, in asphysiating plastic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2012\/cellophane1.jpg\" alt=\"Cellophane - a precarious gift of life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2012\/cellophane2.jpg\" alt=\"Cellophane ad - affirm life with a cigarette\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2012\/cellophane3.jpg\" alt=\"Cellophane ad - protect life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2012\/cellophane4.jpg\" alt=\"Cellophane ad - protect beautiful things\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Source<\/i>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retronaut.com\/2012\/06\/cellophane-ads-c-1930s-1950s\/\" onclick=\"PS.Core.Popup(this, 800, 600);return false;\" title=\"Opens in a new window\">Retronaut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellophane is a thin, transparent packaging material made from cellulose, a component of plant cell walls. 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