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Serious partying

Ad, 1960s

Ad, 1960s

This Tupperware ad reads, "She's earning good money–and having fun too! So could you!"

“Tupperware . . . took those moms out of the kitchen where they were ‘supposed to be’ and let them enter the work force, and let them have something outside the home.”

– Lorna Boyd, speaking in 2004 about her mother, Sylvia Boyd, a Tupperware dealer in the 1960s

Tupperware, 1954

Tupperware, 1954

Gift of Glenn O. Tupper

 

In 1947 Earl Tupper introduced the “wonder bowl” with the two-step seal (press the lid down, then lift it a bit to “burp” out air). 

Tupperware, 1954

Tupperware, 1954

Gift of Glenn O. Tupper

Tupperware, 1954

Tupperware, 1954

Gift of Glenn O. Tupper

Tupperware party invitation, 1960s

Tupperware party invitation, 1960s