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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 September 6, 1962 reads "There's room for seven more at this regulation poker table shown here with NBC's TV personality Tom Fransden (sic). It's completely equipped with chip pockets, glass and ash-tray receptacles and a felt playing surface. Actually, it leads a double life for all you have to do is invert it to have a dining-room table. To simplify storage, it's designed to be used on top of a card table or any other table. Construction is easy when you follow the full-size pattern, No. 217, which may be obtained by sending $1 to Steve Ellingson, Valley Times TODAY Pattern Dept., P.O. Box 2383, Van Nuys, Calif." Insert, upper right, shows the flip side of the table.
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