For your picnic, barbecue, or just to drape about the house, here are some patriotic crepe paper decorations for the Fourth of July from Dennison Manufacturing Co.:
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Dealer's Catalogue of Tags and Specialties, 1913-1914, 1913-1914.
Numbers 940 and 963 look especially festive.
—Elizabeth Periale
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Art and Decoration in Crepe and Tissue Paper, 1917.
. . . circa 1917, this catalog, from the trade literature collection at the National Museum of American History Library, might be a good place to start.
Decorations for birthday parties with garlands made from crepe paper might be nice.
Or for a wedding, as previously featured by the Libraries, wedding cake table decor.
One of the fascinating things about the Libraries' trade literature collection is that it not only showcases companies from the past in American industry, but it can also trace the development of companies that still exist today. Dennison Manufacturing Co., is now Avery Dennison, which now focuses on adhesive products, most popularly labels.
Avery merged in 1990 with the Dennison Manufacturing Company, located in Framingham, Massachusetts which was founded in 1844 as a jewelry and watch box manufacturing company by Aaron Lufkin Dennison, who later became the pioneer of the American System of Watch Manufacturing. Five years later Aaron turned the Dennison Manufacturing Company over to his younger brother, Eliphalet Whorf Dennison, who took over and developed the company into a sizable industrial enterprise.—Wikipedia
Maybe using some Avery labels as way to label a birthday present would be a way to continue the company's traditions?
—Elizabeth Periale
Related:
Dennison Manufacturing Co., from Framingham.com
Dennison Manufacturing Co. Patents
The snow seems very far away in all this heat, but why not celebrate a little Christmas in July?
—Elizabeth Periale
Image: Harper's Weekly, 1869.
Related:
Christmas Displays, Garrison-Wagner Company, St. Louis, MO, 1955
. . . this hall took about $15.00 to complete, according to the caption of this illustration from The 1917 Party Book by Dennison Manufacturing Co.
Besides American flags and crepe paper, foliage is used to create a “full soft result.” There are flower garlands with poppies, daisies, and cornflowers as well as evergreen trees and green hanging foliage throughout the hall.
The 1917 Party Book by Dennison Manufacturing Co. is located in the Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library. More images from this catalog and others in the Trade Literature Collection can be found on the Galaxy of Images.
Happy Fourth of July!
—Alexia MacClain
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, MA. The 1917 Party Book, 1917, Patriotic Hall Decoration.
Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, MA. The 1917 Party Book, 1917, pages 6-7, Patriotic table decorations.
To get in the spirit we are featuring some patriotic decorations from The 1917 Party Book.
There are lots of parades on the Fourth of July, but have you ever wondered how floats have changed over the years? The 1917 Party Book gives us a glimpse into possible floats or decorated cars from 1917. One car is decorated in a red, white, and blue theme but also has a tire wreath of flowers. Another car is decorated with yellow and white roses along with a huge butterfly.
The 1917 Party Book also includes ideas for decorating tables in specific holiday themes. One of these holidays is the Fourth of July. The main theme for the Fourth of July is, of course, red, white, and blue, but there are also American flags, eagles, and stars adorning the tables. Crepe paper, ribbons, and streamers are some of the materials used to decorate the tables.
The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library includes this catalog and others by the Dennison Manufacturing Company. There are also more images from The 1917 Party Book on the Galaxy of Images.
—Alexia MacClain