Luggage label explained
A luggage label, luggage sticker, baggage sticker or baggage label is an adhesive label placed over a traveler's luggage for identification purposes.[1] [2] [3] Usually issued by hotels, restaurants, railways and cruise companies, they became popular between the mid-19th century and the early 20th century, in the so-called Golden Age of Travel, with the popularization of mass tourism and the development of railroads, ocean liners and eventually of air travel.
Aside their utilitary purpose, luggage labels were also a form of advertisement, sporting elaborate designs;[4] after the latter half of the 20th century, their use dwindled, becoming vintage collection items since then.
Forerunner
The Romans used baggage labels made from lead.[5]
See also
References
- Book: Hill, Kate . Britain and the Narration of Travel in the Nineteenth Century: Texts, Images, Objects . 15 May 2017 . Routledge . 978-1-134-79473-7 . en.
- Book: Grafton, Carol Belanger . Old-Fashioned Luggage Labels . 24 July 2002 . Courier Corporation . 978-0-486-42194-0 . en.
- Book: Craig, David . Luggage labels : mementos from the golden age of travel . 1988 . San Francisco : Chronicle Books . Internet Archive . 978-0-87701-531-4.
- Web site: 20 December 2021 . The Golden Age of Travel and the History of Luggage Tags Barnebys Magazine . 2023-09-15 . Barnebys.com . en-US.
- Web site: Roman lead baggage label . amgueddfa.cymru . Amgueddfa Cymru . 11 January 2023 .
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