Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the early days of World War II, Ruth Handler and her husband Elliott designed plastic picture frames from scrap Lucite and scrap Plexiglas. Their friend Harold "Matt" Matson made the sample frames in his garage. Ruth, who was to be the saleswoman, was excited when she received an order for the frames from a chain of photographic studios. As Ruth was driving to make her first delivery, she heard an announcement by President Franklin Roosevelt over the car radio. The president declared that all plastics were to be used only for defense.