Bibliography
Patents
All patent images Courtesy of United States Patent and Trademark Office
Revlis
1. “Permanent Stainless Metal” Southtown Economist (Chicago, IL) 12-16-1956 p. 32
2. “Accepting Orders Now: Starlight” Chicago Heights Star (Chicago, IL) 12-18-56 p. 56
3. “Name Winners” Blue Island Sun Standard (Blue Isl, IL) 09-09-1958 p. 15
4. “Starlite Don’t Be Fooled” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-14-1958 p. 163
5. “Authentic Original Star-Light” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-18-1958 p. 51
6. “Service Electric” Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL) 11-02-1958 p .66
7. “Starlite Galaxie Beverly Ind.” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 10-11-1959 p. 77
8. “Starlite Waranteed” Chicago Daily Calumet (Chicago, IL) 11-02-1959 p. 3
9. “Starlite Buy Now” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-13-1959 p. 249
10. Starlite at Morton’s” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-13-1959 p.249
11. “Star-Light Testimonials” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-13-1959 p. 275
12. “No Phoney Baloney” The Times (Hammond, IN) 11-29-1963 p. 20
13. “Exclusive Brilliant Noble Fir” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 11-24-1960 p. 12
14. “Revlis Star Sapphire” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-11-1960 p. 149
15. “Pre-Season Sale” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-06-1964 p. 357
16. “Hankus Successful” Blue Island Sun Standard (Blue Island, IL) 01-01-1959
C. Sincere
1. “Permanent Stainless Metal Starlite” Southtown Economist (Chicago, IL) 12-15-1956 p. 32
2. “Accepting Orders Now” Chicago Heights Star (Chicago, IL) 12-18-1956 p. 56
3. “Christmas Tree Land” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-18-1957 p. 40
4. “Authentic Original Star-Light” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-18-1958 p. 51
5. “Star-Light Metal Christmas Tree” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-13-1959 p. 275
6. “Exclusive…All New” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 11-23-1960 p. 44
7. “Exclusive From Christmas Tree Land” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 10-24-1960 p. 164
8. “Don’t Buy Any Other” Chicago Daily Calumet (Chicago, IL) 10-19-1960 p. 4
9. “The Brilliant Noble Fir” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 10-21-1962 p. 289
10. “First In Chicago” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 11-11-1962 p. 353
11. “Metal Christmas Trees” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 11-10-1963 p. 116
12. “Be In Time in 1965” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 01-17-1965 p. 280
Peco
1. “Miss Deraney, Griffin Belle” Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA) 12-12-1942 p.9
Star Band
All Star-Band catalog images courtesy of Mark Podmore
Consolidated Novelty
1. Consolidated Novelty Cartoon The Star Press (Muncie, IN) 08-17-1968 p. 11
2. “Man, Help Wanted” The Record (Hackensack, NJ) 05-12-1955 p. 98
US Silver Tree Co.
1. Emil Laster photo The Times-Tribune (Scranton, PA) 08-07-1958 p. 25
2. “Silver Glow Reynold’s” The Mercury (Pottstown, PA) 12-06-1960 p. 18
3. “New Silver Glow Pom Pom” The Waxahachie Daily Light (Wax., TX) 10-17-1962 p. 4
4. “Free Silver Glow Aluminum” Silver City Daily Press (Silver City, NM) 12-05-1066 p. 7
Carey-McFall
1. “William B. Reukauf” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Phil, PA) 01-17-1956 p. 30
2. “Employment Help Wanted” Williamsport Sun-Gazette (Wmport, PA) 09-21-1943 p. 8
3. “Accountant General” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Phil, PA) 12-01-1968 p. 139
4. “Draftsman” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Phil, PA) 12-01-1968 p. 139
Dalyn/Regal
1. “$69.95 Sapphire Tree” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 01-30-1960 p. 65
2. “Sapphire De Luxe” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-01-1960 p. 150
Metal Trees Corp.
1. “Woolworth’s” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-03-1961 p. 348
Craft House Corp.
1. “Factory Women” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 0911-1960 p. 329
2. “Lee Kuppart” Suburbanite Economist (Chicago, IL) 07-29-1959 p. 3
3. “Artist-Designer” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 12-08-1960 p. 93
4. “Women Wanted…New Firm” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 08-27-1960 p. 90
5. “Christmas Trees” The Dispach (Moline, IL) 11-16-1961 p. 5
6. “Fairyland Super-Bright” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 11-03-1960 p. 33
7. “$6.95 Fairyland Aluminum” Journal Gazette (Mattoon, IL) 12-13-1962 p. 15
Arandell
1. Harry Rubin image The Philadelphia Inquirer (Phil, PA) 03-31-1956 p. 18
Holi-Gay
1. “Piece Work” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 09-13-1966 p. 50
2. “Emergency” Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) 09-13-1966 p. 48
HPE
1. “Silverline” The Los Angeles Times (LA, CA) 06-24-1961 p. 58
2. “Payless Sno-Line” The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) 12-04-1966 p. 35