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Article referred to warehouses the subject built as still existing in “the area.” No previous mention of what area. I made it clear and specific rather than vague. It is DUMBO Brooklyn, where I live and can personally attest his name is on at least four existing buildings. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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'''Robert Gair''' was a Scottish printer and paper bag maker who invented the [[folding carton]] in 1890.<ref>[https:// |
'''Robert Gair''' was a Scottish printer and paper bag maker who invented the [[folding carton]] in 1890.<ref>[https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9633148 ''Business History of the Robert Gair Company, 1864 to 1927'' by Wilbert Henry Ruenheck, New York University, 1951 (Thesis), p.15''.]</ref> |
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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1839 he came to the United States at age 14. Gair invented the [[paperboard]] folding carton by accident when a metal ruler used to crease bags shifted position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing paperboard in one operation, he could make [[Prefabrication|prefabricated]] cartons. He ultimately entered the [[corrugated fiberboard]] shipping container business in the 1900s. His idea was developed and utilized by [[E. S. & A. Robinson]] with whom he had long-term business dealings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.binson.co.uk/robinsons/robinsons.htm |publisher =ES&A Robinson, Darwin, Bernard |title=Robinsons of Bristol. , 1945, p. 37.}}</ref> |
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1839 he came to the United States at age 14. Gair invented the [[paperboard]] folding carton by accident when a metal ruler used to crease bags shifted position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing paperboard in one operation, he could make [[Prefabrication|prefabricated]] cartons. He ultimately entered the [[corrugated fiberboard]] shipping container business in the 1900s. His idea was developed and utilized by [[E. S. & A. Robinson]] with whom he had long-term business dealings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.binson.co.uk/robinsons/robinsons.htm |publisher =ES&A Robinson, Darwin, Bernard |title=Robinsons of Bristol. , 1945, p. 37.}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:22, 10 December 2022
Robert Gair was a Scottish printer and paper bag maker who invented the folding carton in 1890.[1]
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1839 he came to the United States at age 14. Gair invented the paperboard folding carton by accident when a metal ruler used to crease bags shifted position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing paperboard in one operation, he could make prefabricated cartons. He ultimately entered the corrugated fiberboard shipping container business in the 1900s. His idea was developed and utilized by E. S. & A. Robinson with whom he had long-term business dealings.[2] Gair founded a paper empire and occupied several buildings in the area of Brooklyn now known as DUMBO, many of which still bear his name.
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Robert Gair;: A study, by H. Allen Smith
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