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  • The Shopping Bag: Portable Art Medium and Message
  • Holiday Bags

Shopping Bags

Holiday Shopping Bags

In American cities large and small, especially between 1920 and 1960, holiday displays were both a public treat and a commercial enterprise. At Christmas, shopping malls across the country still feature visits with Santa and stores offer seasonal shopping bags to hold holiday purchases. Explore a selection of holiday bags from our collections, even if all your shopping is online.


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Bloomingdale's: Christmas (no date)

Bloomingdale's: Missoni

Spring Hill Mall

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1979

Marshall Field's Christmas (no date)

Bloomingdale's Holiday Storefront

Nordstrom: Christmas 1990

Lord and Taylor: Holiday

Nordstrom: Christmas Tree, etc. Interior

Neiman-Marcus: Christmas 1988

B. Altman: Folk Art Christmas

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1981

I. Magnin: Erté

Bergdorf Goodman: Christmas Bag

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1990

Marshall Field's: Christmas 1992

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1989

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1987

Bloomingdale's, Christmas

Bloomingdale's Christmas: Lexington/ E. 59th St.

Main Street

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1983

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1970

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1985

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1992

Fogal

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1990

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1986

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1980

B. Altman & Co.: Christmas Store

Neiman-Marcus: Christmas 1981

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1984

Neiman-Marcus: Christmas 1978

B. Altman & Co.: Christmas Shoppers

Burdines: Christmas (no date)


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