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      The Evergleam Book: 60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

      $39.95
      Discover and explore everything there is to know about the famed Evergleam products. Illustrated throughout with vintage photos and advertisements.
      Availability: Out of stock
      SKU: 9780578502625

      Aluminum Christmas trees became a popular holiday fixture in the 1960s, and the Aluminum Specialty Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, helped launch the national craze. Their tree, the Evergleam, was the most popular tree available, and several million of them found their way into American homes. Original trees, images, and artifacts from the 1960s are now a part of Wisconsin Historical Society collections. Celebrate the season with this Wisconsin innovation that took the country by storm!

      The Evergleam Book is filled with never before seen epherma as well as a complete encyclopedia of evergleam information. 

      What's New in This Edition?

      • Four new chapters
      • Five new sidebar stories
      • Six cameos of former aluminum specialty employees
      • Newly added newspaper clippings highlighting significant milestones
      • Vintage family photographs throughout
      • Complete catalog of "Evergreen" line of trees
      • Updated Evergleam subchapters and tables
      • Expanded Archives and Ephemera chapter
      • High quality coated paper with high gloss varnish

      Details

      • Lavishly illustrated
      • Updated 3rd edition, 2022, Evergleam Press LLC
      • Pages 195
      • Bibliography
      • Glossy, full color

      Author

      Theron Georges

       

      Aluminum Christmas trees became a popular holiday fixture in the 1960s, and the Aluminum Specialty Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, helped launch the national craze. Their tree, the Evergleam, was the most popular tree available, and several million of them found their way into American homes. Original trees, images, and artifacts from the 1960s are now a part of Wisconsin Historical Society collections. Celebrate the season with this Wisconsin innovation that took the country by storm!

      The Evergleam Book is filled with never before seen epherma as well as a complete encyclopedia of evergleam information. 

      What's New in This Edition?

      • Four new chapters
      • Five new sidebar stories
      • Six cameos of former aluminum specialty employees
      • Newly added newspaper clippings highlighting significant milestones
      • Vintage family photographs throughout
      • Complete catalog of "Evergreen" line of trees
      • Updated Evergleam subchapters and tables
      • Expanded Archives and Ephemera chapter
      • High quality coated paper with high gloss varnish

      Details

      • Lavishly illustrated
      • Updated 3rd edition, 2022, Evergleam Press LLC
      • Pages 195
      • Bibliography
      • Glossy, full color

      Author

      Theron Georges

       

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