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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 October 3, 1963 reads "Dining area has replaced dining room in today's condensed living age, so Hi-Lo table pictured here with actress Pat Woodell will serve many purposes. It's a standard height coffee table 46 inches long and 24 inches wide. Legs are hinged, and when long ones are turned down, coffee table legs automatically are raised to become supports for ends, converting it from coffee table to one for dining. It's more than five feet long as dining table. Plywood table is easy to construct with full size pattern. Required list of materials, directions and illustrations are included in Hi-Lo table pattern, No. 314. To obtain it, send $1 by currency, check or money order to Steve Ellingson, Valley Times TODAY Pattern Dept., P.O. Box 2383, Van Nuys, Calif." Inset, upper right, shows table extended and set for a meal.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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