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Shopping bags -- Design

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Shopping Bag Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 5
Abstract

This special collection was founded in 1970 due to tremendous popular public interest in shopping bags in the 1960s. Shopping bags are frequently referred to as “portable art.” They originate from leading commercial firms, shopping malls, deluxe retail stores, and all sorts of merchandising outlets in the United States, and from stores all over the world. The collection contains over 2,000 bags.

Dates: Majority of material found in ca. 1975 - present