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I can't put my hands on a reference to the later act/amendment... however,
I did find the following:
"The McKinley Act only requires the country of origin markings on items
imported to this country for sale new. It does not require that the "Made
in___" label be permanently attached to the item. It need only be attached
until it is initially purchased at retail...There was no law requiring
items made in a foreign country for sale to customers in that country be
labeled with the country's name [so items imported as gifts may not be
marked]." More specific dating of items marked "Made in" is possible by
knowing trade relationships, i.e. post-war; "Items from China, for
example, would fall into the 1891 to 1942, or post-1971 time periods, with
almost nothing made during the other thirty years of the century entering
this country." (pp. 78-79)
Paul, Larry R.
2005 "Made in the Twentieth Century: A Guide to Contemporary Collectibles"
Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland.
--Megan Springate.
> OK, I have long heard that the McKinley act of 1891 required the country
> of origin to be put on good imported to the USA (ie ceramics). Then
> there was a later act that supposedly required the phrase "Made In ..."
> I need a reliable printed source for this later act or amendment. Who
> has one?
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> Keith R. Doms
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> Archaeologist
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> McCormick Taylor
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> (856) 793-0800
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