| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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page is being sed to collect information about the
history of folded paper Whales. 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. ********** 1959 A design for a simple cut whale developed from a fish base appears in 'Origami: Book Three' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1959.
*** (This design subsequently appeared in an advert for Nibroc Offset in the US magazine 'Print' in May-June 1961 Vol 15 Iss 3.)
********** 1960 A design for a simple cut 'Whale' appears in 'Origami: The Oriental Art of Paper Folding' by Harry C Helfman, which was published by Platt and Munk Co Inc in New York in 1960.
********** 1964 A very simple design for a whale appears in 'Secrets of Origami', by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne Book Company in London in 1964, where it is said to be Japanese.
********** 1968 The same design appears in 'Your Book of Paperfolding' by Vanessa and Eric de Maré, which was published by Faber and Faber in London in 1968, where it is said to be traditional Japanese.
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