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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 Holiday Storefront

Lord and Taylor: Holiday

Neiman-Marcus: Christmas 1988

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1981

I. Magnin: Erté

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1989

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1987

Bloomingdale's, Christmas

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1983

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1985

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1986

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1980

Neiman-Marcus: Christmas 1981

Bloomingdale's: Christmas 1984

Neiman-Marcus: Christmas 1987

I. Magnin: Christmas 1984

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1989

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1982

Burdines: Christmas 1985

Saks Fifth Avenue: December 1982

Dayton's /Walker Gallery: Christmas 1981

Museum of Modern Art : Crowd O'Santas

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1988

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1983

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1987

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1981

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1985

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1989

Bloomingdale's: New Years 1984

Bloomindale's: New Years 1980

Bloomingdale's, 1981

Saks Fifth Avenue: December 1983

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