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How Dixie cups became the breakout startup of the 1918 pandemic

from Fast Company

How Dixie cups became the breakout startup of the 1918 pandemic Fast Company In 1907, Boston attorney Lawrence Luellen created a cup. It wasn’t made of glass or metal—the norm at the time. Instead, it was made of paper so it could be thrown away after use. While not earth-shattering in our current context, in the early 1900s there were no disposable paper tissues or paper towels. A cup made of paper was a novel idea, one with a noble goal: Luellen hoped his paper cups could help stop the spread of disease. READ MORE

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