Rustcraft Cards - Sale Box (16615)

Rustcraft Card - Door Sales Box - c1954 -1962 Great ages condition-see photos.

Locks work but no keys.

Measurements. 370mm x 290mm x 325mm H plus handle.

The company was founded in a bookstore in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1906 by its owner, Fred Winslow Rust. The company's first Christmas card was printed on heavy tan paper and included a brief message in two colors.[1] The success of the Christmas card grew into a business letters, postcards, and greeting cards with envelopes. Rust revolutionized the use of the "French Fold," which turned a single piece of paper into a card by folding it into quarters.[1][2] They were the first company to sell greeting cards with a fitted envelope.[3] Rust was soon joined by his brother Donald The brothers eventually retired from the book store and moved to Massachusetts to focus on the greeting cards.[1] At first the company was located at 1000 Washington Street in Boston's South End neighborhood.[1] Needing more space, the company built a new facility on Rustcraft Road in nearby Dedham, Massachusetts in 1954.[1] was at the time the largest greeting card factory in the world on what is today Rustcraft Road

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