The Frisbie Pie Company (1871-1958) was founded by William Russell Frisbie in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Yale students discovered that the pie tins, inverted, had an airfoil shape which could be thrown in various trajectories by a skilled person. This eventually evolved into the worldwide success of the Frisbee trademarked flying disc and many imitators. The Frisbie company was shut down in 1958, at the height of its popularity, the same year Frisbee was patented. Bridgeport is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Bridgeport, Alabama Bridgeport, California Bridgeport, Chicago Bridgeport, Connecticut - by far the largest city with this name Bridgeport, Illinois Bridgeport, Michigan Bridgeport, Ohio Bridgeport, New Jersey Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Bridgeport, Washington Bridgeport, West Virginia See also: Bridgeport... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... YALE (Yet Another Learning Environment) is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. ... An airfoil (in American English, or aerofoil in British English) is the shape of a wing or blade (of a propeller or ships screw or sail) as seen in cross-section. ... A trajectory is an imagined trace of positions followed by an object moving through space. ... A Wham-O Professional Frisbee For the amusement ride, see Frisbee (ride). ...

History of the company

In 1871, in the wake of the Civil War, William Russell Frisbie moved from Branford, Connecticut, where his father, Russell Frisbie, had operated a successful grist mill, to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Hired to manage a new bakery, a branch of the Olds Baking Company of New Haven, he soon bought it outright and named it the Frisbie Pie Company (363 Kossuth Street). W.R. died in 1903 and his son, Joseph P. Frisbie, manned the ovens until his death in 1940. Under his direction the small company grew from six to two hundred and fifty routes, and shops were opened in Hartford, Connecticut; Poughkeepsie, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island. His widow, Marian Rose Frisbie, and long-time plant manager, Joseph J. Vaughn, baked on until August 1958 and reached a zenith production of 80,000 pies per day in 1956. In this otherwise simple baking operation we find the origin of the earliest Frisbee! Now the company offered a variety of bakery goodies, including pies and cookies, and therein resides the roots of the controversy. For there are two crusty schools concerning Frisbee's origins: the Pie-Tin School and the Cookie- Tin School, each camp holding devoutly to its own argument. The Pie-Tin School. The pie-tin people claim Yale students bought Frisbie's pies (undoubtedly a treat in themselves) and tossed the prototype all over Eli's campus. These early throwers would exclaim "Frisbie" to signal the catcher. And well they might, for a tin Frisbee is something else again to catch. The Cookie-Tin School. Now the cookie tin people agree on these details save one: they insist that the true, original prototype was the cookie-tin lid that held in the goodness of Frisbie's sugar cookies. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant, General Jefferson Davis, President Robert E. Lee, General Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Bridgeport is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Bridgeport, Alabama Bridgeport, California Bridgeport, Chicago Bridgeport, Connecticut - by far the largest city with this name Bridgeport, Illinois Bridgeport, Michigan Bridgeport, Ohio Bridgeport, New Jersey Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Bridgeport, Washington Bridgeport, West Virginia See also: Bridgeport... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... This article is about the city in Connecticut. ... When used by itself in a sentence, the term Hartford can refer to one of several places in the United States. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, New York (City) Poughkeepsie, New York (Town) Poughkeepsie, Arkansas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Providence may mean: Divine Providence Providence College in Rhode Island, USA Providence, television series Providence, a 1977 film Providence, a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves Providence, 1970s-era Providence may also refer to: Providence, Rhode Island (in Providence County) Providence, Alabama Providence, Kentucky Providence, New York It is also the... Official language(s) None Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214* sq mi (3,144* km²)  - Width 37 miles (60 km)  - Length 48 miles (77 km)  - % water 32. ... A Wham-O Professional Frisbee For the amusement ride, see Frisbee (ride). ...

Frisbie brand pies are still produced in Worcester, Massachusetts by Table Talk.   Nickname: The Heart of the Commonwealth, The City of the Seven Hills, Wormtown Settled: 1673 â€“ Incorporated: 1684 Zip Code(s): 01608 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ...

TRUE ORIGINS OF THE FRISBEE® DISC

In 2006, Walter Frederick Morrison, inventor of the plastic flying disc, co-authored Flat Flip Flies Straight![1] with flying disc historian and collector Phil Kennedy. In the book Fred reveals that it was a popcorn can lid that he tossed with his girlfriend (and later wife) Lu at a Thanksgiving Day gathering in 1937 that inspired his interest in developing a commercially-produced flying disc. In 1946 he sketched out plans which in 1948 became the very first plastic flying disc: the original Pipco Flyin-Saucer. In 1955 he designed and molded a new disc— the Pluto Platter—which he then sold to Wham-O in 1957. In 1958 it was Wham-O that renamed it the Frisbee and trademarked the name. Thus, the Frisbie Pie Company's name MAY have inspired Wham-O’s name Frisbee, but certainly NOT the concept of the plastic flying disc! Walter Frederick Morrison is best known as the inventor of the Frisbee. ...

Trivia

In Back to the Future Part III, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) knocks a gun out of Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen's (Thomas F. Wilson) hand using a Frisbie pie plate. Back to the Future Part III is a science fiction western comedy film starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd that opened on May 25, 1990. ... Martin Seamus Marty McFly is a fictional character, the lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series. ... For other people named Michael Fox, see Michael Fox (disambiguation). ... Buford Mad Dog Tannen is a fictional character in Back to the Future Part III — he is a town outlaw in Hill Valley, California, United States in the year 1885. ... Thomas Frances Wilson (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Addendum: The presence of a Frisbie pie plate in the Old West seems like a bit of literary license on the part of the screenwriter. Baked goods in the 1800s were distributed within relatively confined areas, due to their perishable nature. However, it is conceivable that a Frisbie tin might have traveled out west in a bundle of household goods, and been used for baking homemade pies.

It is a quirk of collecting that Frisbie pie tins are far less valuable than the first plastic Frisbie toy, the legendary 'Pluto Platter'. However, Frisbie tins usually bring between $25 and $50 in the current (2006) marketplace. There are a number of variations in design style, including the size and placement of the Frisbie name; the number and placement of the vent holes (which can be star-shaped as well as the more common circular shaped hole) or no holes at all; and the presence of the phrase, "5 cents deposit" or simply "DEP" or (most commonly) no mention of deposit at all. There are round-shoulder tins, square-shoulder tins, and oblique-shoulder tins. Some tins simply have vent holes in an 'F' configuration in the center of the pan, and no text. Generally speaking, larger text makes a better display item, and the presence of the "5 cents deposit" phrase adds character, so these tins tend to be somewhat more desirable.

References

• Johnson, S. E. D. (1975). Frisbee, A Practitioner's Manual and Definitive Treatise. M.D. Workman Publishing Company. ISBN 0-911104-53-4.
• The History of Frisbees