First Spiral Notebooks
It’s hard to remember that everything that exists didn’t used to exist. Take spiral bound notebooks, for example. They are everywhere. I remember wanting one when I was about six years old because I wanted to pretend I was Columbo. They have always existed, right? Nope…
This is a link to a Popular Science article about spiral notebooks. They were a new and innovative thing back in 1934:
The spiral notebook revolutionized notetaking. With its advent, we were able to tuck paper into our jacket, purse or even pants pocket. It opened easily and folded back on itself. It’s a design that is still popular today. It’s hard for me to believe that it has only existed for 72 years.