Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Union Products. |
| Title: | Union Products Records |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1940s-2000s |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Collection contains correspondence and product literature, invoices and order forms, press clippings, and one photograph from the company that invented and produced the pink flamingo lawn ornament. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Union Products, Inc., founded in 1946 in Leominster, Massachusetts, was a manufacturer of plastic blow and injection molded products, best known as the maker of the Pink Flamingo lawn ornament. Don Featherstone created the design for the pink flamingo which began production in 1957. Union Products went out of business in late 2006.
The Union Products Records contains correspondence, product literature, catalogs, invoices and order forms, and one photograph, from the company that invented and produced the pink flamingo lawn ornament.
Clippings contains newspaper and magazine clippings, and online articles about Union Products.
Correspondence contains letters and memos to and from Union Products.
Photographs contains one black and white print of a plastic tray.
Product literature includes advertisements, catalogs, price and product lists, and other printed materials for Union Products merchandise. Also included are catalogs and printed materials from other companies and manufacturers.
There are no access restrictions on this material.
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Special Collections Research Center has numerous holdings in the areas of plastics and industrial design. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Union Products Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Transfer from National Plastics Center and Museum, 11/06/2008.
Created by: M. Zephir
Date: 2006
Revision history: Feb 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC);
2 Mar 2009 - box numbers updated (MRC);
Apr 2012 - updated (SCJ)
| Clippings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clippings 1986-1997 | ||||||||||
| Newspaper and magazine articles about Union Products, pink flamingos, and Don Featherstone | |||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1949-1952 | ||||||||||
| Letters, memos, and other correspondence | |||||||||||
| Photographs | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Plastic tray with silverware, black and white | ||||||||||
| Product literature | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Advertising 1955-1959 | ||||||||||
| 65 Advertisements from magazines and other publications | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Holiday, Christmas 1967-1993 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| 12 Catalogs and 8 pages of product literature for Christmas decorations | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Holiday, other | ||||||||||
| Catalogs and product literature for Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving decorations | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Household | ||||||||||
| 76 Pages of product literature for house and kitchen wares | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Lawn and garden 1954-2000 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| 10 Catalogs and 91 pages of product literature for lawn and garden decorations and supplies | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | General product literature 1956-1960 | ||||||||||
| 6 Catalogs and 8 pages of product literature for various items, includes general company catalogs | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Other companies | ||||||||||
| Catalog for Dow Chemical plastic housewares Catalog for Dominion Comb and Novelty Co. housewares Single page product literature for Bernard Edward Co., Colonial Moulded Plastic Co., Phillips Products Co., Catalin Corporation of America |
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