Wrapping Up History

From Victorian trade cards to 1950s canning shorts and the birth of plastic wrap — how packaging evolved through the decades.

Playlist by @art_of_packaging

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. History Of Packaging (1970-1979) — British Pathé
2. Food Preservation: History of Canning | Vintage Documentary | ca. 1957 — The Best Film Archives
3. How Canned Food Changed America: Miracle of the Can | Vintage Documentary | ca. 1956 — The Best Film Archives
4. A brief history of plastic — TED-Ed
5. Saran Plastic Wrap: The Best Made Plans (1956) - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage — Charlie Dean Archives
6. Robert Opie - Vintage Scrapbooks - Victorian, 1910's, 1920's + 1930's - Amazing Vintage Packaging! — Jules Burt
7. Robert Opie - Vintage Scrapbooks - 1950's, 1960's, 1970's + Beyond! - Amazing Vintage Packaging! — Jules Burt
8. The History of Packaging — The Packaging School
9. Moments in Packaging History — The Packaging School
10. The Medieval Peasant’s Alternative to Plastic Wrap — Modern History TV