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A humble oyster pail turned takeout icon: The American story of the Chinese food carton

Posted 10/16/26

It’s an icon, the small white receptacle made from a single piece of cardboard folded into a trapezoid-shaped box. Sometimes there’s a wire handle, sometimes a bright red graphic of a …

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