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Foil, Cooking

Object number2008.15.1

Manufacturer Aluminum Company of America (1907 - 1998)

Datec. 1970

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumPaper; aluminum; ink

Credit LineGift of John Michael Faith

DescriptionBoxed roll of aluminum foil.Dimensions2 x 2 x 12.125 in. (5.1 x 5.1 x 30.8 cm)
MarksText printed on box in metallic red and blue:
On one side "ALCOA WRAP / ALUMINUM FOIL STRONG AND FLEXIBLE"; "25 / SQUARE FEET (8 1/3 YDS. x 12 IN.)";
On base "Wrap it in ALCOA / WRAP...and smile!";
Advertisements for other Alcoa wraps, including "Alcoa Wrap King Size" and "Alcoa Wrap Heavy Duty";
Near bottom edge, left, Alcoa trademark;
On right, "ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA PITTSBURGH, PA. 15219".

Taped to top and front of box is a note, handwritten in blue ink, "Came off the / last roll of / foil made / at N.K. Plant".
Historical NotesOne of the last rolls of aluminum foil wrap made at the New Kensington Alcoa plant. Employees, including the donor's step-father, were permitted to take a roll when the plant closed in 1970. Featured Alcoa trademark symbol created by Saul Bass in 1963; the background of the symbol is rectangular as opposed to the modernized square of 1999. In 1888, the Pittsburgh Reduction Company started operation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1891, the company went into production in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. By 1907, the company was renamed the Aluminum Company of America; within the next 30 years, the acronym "Alcoa" was used synonymously with the company; in 1999, it was adopted as the official corporate name. The New Kensington plant manufactured aluminum cookware, light aluminum alloys, and aluminum seals. The plant also had the distinction of providing two Ohio brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, with aluminum parts for the engine they used on the airplane they flew in December 1903 along the shores of Kitty Hawk, N.C.

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