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From slag to swag: The story of Earl Tupper's fantastic plastics

  • Written by Marsha Bryant, Professor of English & Distinguished Teaching Scholar, University of Florida
A postcard from the 1950s advertises a variety Tupperware products.Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC

When “American Horror Story,” the Museum of Modern Art and “Napoleon Dynamite” pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way.

Tupperware has a staying power that most plastic products don’t. So...

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