Cardboard box (English Wikipedia)

Frederick Le Gros Clark (1980). Growing old in a mechanized world: the human problem of a technical revolution. Ayer Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-405-12780-9.
Marketing Communications, Volume 6, Issues 7–12, United Business Publications (1981). "Reportedly, the oldest known box-making business was formed in Great Britain about 1817."
Stanley Sacharow and Roger C. Griffin (1970), Food packaging: a guide for the supplier, processor, and distributor, AVI Pub. Co. "Commercial box making is supposed to have begun in England in 1817."
Chuck Groth, Exploring Package Design, Cengage Learning. p. 7. "The oldest existing cardboard box package design was produced in Germany for a board game called 'The Game of Besieging' in 1817. Still, paper and cardboard were relative luxuries."
Diana Twede and Susan E. M. Selke (2005). Cartons, crates and corrugated board: handbook of paper and wood packaging technology. DEStech Publications. pp. 41–42, 55–56. ISBN 978-1-932078-42-8.
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US patent 122,023, Albert L. Jones, "Improvement In Paper For Packing", issued 1871-12-19 , patent also available on Google Patents, accessed on 26 October 2025
US patent 150,588, Oliver Long, "Packings For Bottles, Jars, & C.", issued 1874-05-05

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What is Corrugated?. Fibre Box Association. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

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Paula Hook and Joe E. Heimlich. "Paper and paper products". A History of Packaging. Archived from the original on 2002-09-17. Retrieved 2005-10-26. The first commercial cardboard box was produced in England in 1817, more than two hundred years after the Chinese invented cardboard.

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Paula Hook and Joe E. Heimlich. "Paper and paper products". A History of Packaging. Archived from the original on 2002-09-17. Retrieved 2005-10-26. The first commercial cardboard box was produced in England in 1817, more than two hundred years after the Chinese invented cardboard.

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"Guide to Corrugated Boxes and Packaging". Refine Packaging. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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US patent 122,023, Albert L. Jones, "Improvement In Paper For Packing", issued 1871-12-19 , patent also available on Google Patents, accessed on 26 October 2025

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O'Brien, Kerrie (2005-06-08). "Out of the box". Melbourne: The Age.

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"Cardboard Box | National Toy Hall of Fame". Toyhalloffame.org. The Strong, The National Museum of Play. Retrieved 2014-03-07.

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"Glossary". School District Diversion Report 2000: Appendices. California Integrated Waste Management Board. Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
What is Corrugated?. Fibre Box Association. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
"Guide to Corrugated Boxes and Packaging". Refine Packaging. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
"Corrugated cardboard – packaging that has been used for almost 150 years". Farusa Packaging. Archived from the original on 2005-10-15.
Stratton-Coulter, Danielle (2005-04-20). "When a cardboard box is 'home'". The Daily Iowan. Archived from the original on 2005-05-30.

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Alec Davis (1967). Package and Print: The Development of Container and Label Design. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 62. OCLC 437888.

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