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Pee-Chee folder

American stationery item

Pee-Chee folder

American stationery item

Folder front
Folder back

The Pee-Chee All Season Portfolio is an American stationery item that achieved popularity in the second half of the 20th century. It is commonly used by students for storing school sheets. The folder, which was originally produced solely in a peach-yellow tone, was first manufactured in 1943 by the Western Tablet and Stationery Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Pee-Chees were later produced by the MeadWestvaco Corporation.

History

These inexpensive folders are made of card stock with two internal pockets for the storage of loose leaf paper. The pockets are printed with a variety of reference information including factors for converting between English and metric measurement units, and a multiplication table. The folders had fallen out of general use by the 2000s,{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202154442/http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/21870.html | archive-date = 2008-12-02 | url-status = dead but are available from Mead .

The illustrations usually depict high school-age students engaged in sports or other activities. Artist Francis Golden, best known for watercolors of fishing and hunting, drew the illustrations starting in 1964. It became popular for students to deface these figures, often with scurrilous doodles and thought balloons.

The major difference between Pee-Chees and other paper folders is the inside pockets. Pee-Chees have pockets located at the sides, not the bottom, which prevents the contents from falling out if the folder is inadvertently stored upside down.

Pee-Chees are named after the original peach color upon release; the folders now are made in five colors as "Color Talk Pee-Chee Folders" with an updated design, and a blue highlight replacing the original brown. The original color remains the most popular by far.

Pee-Chee today

References

  1. (19 September 2012). "The Pee-Chee Folder: Illustrated by the Most Interesting Man in the World". Smithsonian Institution.
  2. "Color Talk Pee-Chee Folder". Mead.
  3. "Pee Chee™ Universal Case for 9 and 10" Tablets — Yellow".
  4. "SHE & HIM SCHOLASTIC FOLDER".
  5. Rivas, Jorge. "Iconic 'Pee-Chee' folders reimagined with familiar scenes of police brutality". Splinter.
  6. Radio, Southern California Public. "SoCal artist uses Pee-Chee style to depict police use of force". Southern California Public Radio.
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