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Invention of the push-pin

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

CBS Sunday Morning on 29 Nov 09 had a short piece on art with colored pushpins. The piece did not mention Georges Seurat or pointillism. The piece did mention the invention around 1900 of the pushpin by Edwin Moore, a student at Princeton University, using phonograph needles and glass.

See also from travelchannel:

In short ? The push-Pin was invented by Edwin Moore while he was a senior at Princeton University in 1899. The patent was approved in 1900 and the Moore Push-Pin Company was born. The original Push-Pin was made of glass and up to 1/3 of the production run would crack within.

HISTORY OF THE MOORE PUSH-PIN COMPANY

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Recall the "College of New Jersey" moved to Princeton, New Jersey in 1756 and was renamed "Princeton University" in 1896.

As of this time, the Sunday Morning Website did not have the push pin story.

Full post as published by IPBiz on November 29, 2009 (boomark / email).