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Earl fancied himself to be the next Thomas Edison or Henry Ford. He carried little pads of paper in his shirt pocket for scribbling down ideas. He elaborated on them in his invention notebooks, where ...

When “American Horror Story,” the Museum of Modern Art and “Napoleon Dynamite” pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way. Tupperware has a staying power that most ...

Earl Tupper was a dreamer and a tinkerer who liked to improve the things he saw around him. Always devising better gadgets and gizmos, Tupper held equally strong opinions about how to improve the ...

PHILADELPHIA — In December 1999, Guinness World Records listed the 10 greatest inventions of the 20th century. The computer wasn’t included. But the food-storage containers made by Tupperware were.

During most of his adult life, easygoing Earl S. Tupper, 40, has described himself as “a ham inventor and Yankee trader.” By last week, one of his inventions—an unbreakable, flexible, shape-retaining ...

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Stacey Sottung shows off a stack of colorful bowls in an Instagram video, filming for her followers a taste of the modern Tupperware party, which in addition to bowls and vintage tumblers, may include ...

For Women's History Month, we're taking a look at some of the ways that American women have made their place in the marketplace by participating in business and consumption. Brownie Wise was not only ...

When American Horror Story, the Museum of Modern Art, and Napoleon Dynamite pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way. Tupperware has a staying power that most ...