Marvin Stone Box original Inventor of Historical Julep Paper Straw 1888

Description

MUSEUM ITEM THESE ARE NOT YOUR REGULAR STRAWS THESE ARE A HISTORICAL ITEM
THIS IS THE FIRST PAPER STRAW THAT EVER EXISTED IN THE WORLD
IN ITS ORIGINAL CONTAINER PLS SEE PICTURES
BRIEF HISTORY
This was the 1880s, when gentlemen sipped their whiskey through long tubes made of natural rye that lent a grassy flavor to whatever drink they plopped in. For many centuries, it was not uncommon for a sot to order a gin and tonic and wind up drinking a gin and tonic infused with natural grass flavors. Stone didn't have much patience when it came to non-mint plants floating around in his mint julep, and did something radical that billions of people around the world have appreciated in the 130 years since. He reinvented the straw.
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In his first try, he wound paper around a pencil to make a thin tube, slid out the pencil from one end, and applied glue between the strips. Voila: paper straw! Also: glue? This was a halfway solution. Stone refined it by building a machine to wind paper into a tube and coat the outside with a paraffin wax to keep it from melting in bourbon. He patented the product in 1888. Today, Marvin Chester Stone is considered the godfather of the straw.