[Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?

[Peter Reitan]

I found a newspaper  article that appears to be a fact-based discussion about the invention of duct tape, and the evolution of the word.

Claims it was invented in WWII, as "duct" tape, using medical bandages as the cloth. Company evebtually changed its trade name to " duck" tape because people kept calling it ducktape.

Article from Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, in 2000.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/citizens-voice/172590415/


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