The Evolution of Toilet Paper

• 589 AD, Was the first mention of toilet paper ( paper for personal hygiene ) in Korea.

• 875 to 1319, Paper was produced in large sheets ( 2-foot x 3-foot sheets and even perfumed ) for Chinese emperor’s family hygiene.

• 1391, The first official toilet paper was introduced in China.

• 1700, Was the invention of paper pages from newspapers.

• 1718, The first reference to paper as toilet paper was recorded.

• 1857, Joseph C. Gayetty invented the first packaged toilet paper in the United States.

Joseph C. Gayetty is credited as the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper. "Gayetty’s Medicated Paper" was sold in packages of flat sheets, medicated with aloe and watermarked with his name.

• 1871, Seth Wheeler of Albany became the official inventor of toilet paper.

Seth Wheeler patents rolled and perforated wrapping paper. His Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company began selling the first toilet paper on a roll.

• 1879, Thomas Seymour, Edward Irvin and Clarence Wood Scott founded the Scott Paper Company in Philadelphia.

  Scott brothers came up with the idea of customizing rolls for every merchant-customer they had. They began selling packages of small rolls and stacked sheets.

• 1880, Rolled and perforated toilet paper was invented.

• 1882, The first documented use of a roll of toilet paper in New York State.

• 1935, Northern Tissue invented splinter free toilet paper. Simple paper making procedures often failed to remove small splinters from the finished product

  Northern Paper engineers solved the problem (method called linenizing). Softer, splinter-free toilet paper then became a reality for consumers and provided an advertising slogan for Northern Tissue.

• 1942, St. Andrew’s Paper Mill (England, Walthamstow, London), produced the first soft, two ply toilet tissue.

• 1954, Was produced the first colored toilet tissue by Northern.

• 1964, Was produced perfumed one-ply toilet tissue by Charmin.

• 1973, America experienced its first toilet paper shortage because Johnny Carson’s (one of America’s most loved comedians) jokes.

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