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In 1948, newspaper columnist Steve Ellingson had an idea. Watching his wife sew one day, he wondered if the concept of sewing patterns could be adapted to woodworking. Why not make full-size, traceable patterns for complex or curved project parts which could take some of the difficulty out of project building? So he drafted the first project and launched U-Bild Woodworking Plans. Ellingson enlisted television stars and other celebrities to help sell his product. Today, more than 60 years later, U-Bild is still selling essentially the same product Ellingson first developed. Photograph caption dated December 12, 1963 reads "Cocktail table, shown with actress Pamela Curran, was designed to make entertaining easier. Two sliding top sections are used as serving trays, can be covered with tile, glass, cork or mosaics. Magazines are stored in table ends, and when top is open, there is adequate space for complete cocktail or coffee service. Closed, table is a coffee table. Full size pattern eases table assembling. One traces pattern on wood, saws out parts and puts them together. To obtain cocktail table pattern, No. 306, send $1 in currency, check or money order to Steve Ellingson, Valley Times TODAY Pattern Dept., P.O. Box 2383, Van Nuys, Calif." Insert, upper left, shows table as cocktail table.
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Curran, Pamela U-Bild Inc Women--California--San Fernando Valley Television actors and actresses--United States Actresses--United States Mail-order business--California--San Fernando Valley Business enterprises--California--San Fernando Valley Woodwork--California--San Fernando Valley Coffee tables--California--San Fernando Valley Tables--California--San Fernando Valley Sofas--California--San Fernando Valley Plants--California--San Fernando Valley Periodicals Bottles--California--San Fernando Valley Pitchers--California--San Fernando Valley Drinking glasses San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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