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Paper Chains
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of Paper Chains. 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.

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1882

As far as I know the first appearance of Paper Chains in the historical record is in Part Two of 'The Kindergarten Guide' by Maria Kraus Boelte and John Kraus, which was probably first published by E. Steiger and Company in New York in 1882.

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1894

Two ways of making paper chains without glue are described in 'Jeux et Occupations Pour les Petits: Guide des Mères et des Institutrices' by Henriette Suzanne Brés was published by Librairie Classique Fernand Nathan in Paris in 1894.

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1923

A way of making paper chains, using glue, is described in 'More Paper Magic' by Will Blyth, which was published by C Arthur Pearson in London in 1923.

Plain Chain (Paper Chain)

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