The paper cups were not built to last. Drink. Toss. Repeat. Their story starts with a Boston inventor named Lawrence Luellen, who crafted a two-piece cup made out of a blank of paper. He joined ...

Boston inventor Lawrence Luellen wanted to do away with the ubiquitous "tin dippers" he saw in public buildings and railway stations. Realizing all that sharing might be transferring disease ...

Dixie cups were like the Zoom of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, which helped the product become a household name. In 1907, Boston attorney Lawrence Luellen created a cup. It wasn’t made of ...