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page attempts to record what is known about the origin
and history of paper giraffes. Please contact me if you
know any of this information is incorrect or if you have
any other information that should be added. Thank you. ********** 1939 As far as I know the earliest design for a paper Giraffe, 'La jirafa', is found in 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939.
********** 1940 The same design appears as 'Jirafa' in 'El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria' by Antonio M Luchia and Corina Luciani de Luchia, which was published by Editorial Kapelusz in Buenos Aires in 1940.
********** 1956 'Paper Magic' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1956, contains diagrams for Harbin's Giraffe.
********** 1958 A very simple cut giraffe appears in 'Origami: Book Two' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1958
********** 1959 A Compound Giraffe made from two pieces of paper is pictured, but not explained, in 'How to Make Origami' by Isao Honda, which was published by Toto Shuppan Co. Ltd in Japan. by McDowell Obolensky of New York in the USA and by Museum Press Ltd of London in England, in 1959.
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