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Photograph was edited for publication purposes 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 July 11, 1963 reads "However unimpressive a plant may appear on ground, it will take on new-interest when it is singled out and placed in gay, attractive planter. Actress Sibyle (sic) Collier shows how planter dramatizes any outdoor setting. Planter may be wheeled into sun or shade to give flowers exact kind of treatment they require. Plywood is featured in planter, which can be built by amateur with full size pattern. One traces the pattern parts on wood and saws them out. To obtain the planter pattern, No. 318, send $1 by currency, check or money order to Steve Ellingson, Valley Times TODAY Pattern Dept., P.O. Box 2383, Van Nuys, Calif."
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Collier, Sibyl U-Bild Inc Women--California--San Fernando Valley Actresses--United States Mail-order business--California--San Fernando Valley Business enterprises--California--San Fernando Valley Woodwork--California--San Fernando Valley Plant containers--California--San Fernando Valley Plants--California--San Fernando Valley Flowers--California--San Fernando Valley Lawns--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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