Vintage shopping bags

[Ameskid]

My grandparents were hoarders, and lived in Silver Spring, Maryland from 1965 to 2007.  It was my family's job to excavate the house and sort through all the crap that they had accumulated through the years.  They saved bags from retail stores to reuse in the future, and I managed to save these from being thrown out.

Ames
Ames plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Ames plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

B. Altman
B. Altman & Co. paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Dart Drug
Dart Drug paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Drug Fair
Drug Fair paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Drug Fair paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

E.J. Korvette
E.J. Korvette paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Frank's Nursery and Crafts
Frank's Nursery and Crafts plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Gallenkamp Shoes
Gallenkamp Shoes plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Hahn Shoes
Hahn Shoes paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Hallmark
1979 Hallmark paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Hecht's
Hecht's paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
The Hecht Co. paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
The Hecht Co paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Herman's World of Sporting Goods
Herman's World of Sporting Goods paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Hess Shoes
Hess Shoes paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

JC Penney
Penneys paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Penneys paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Penneys paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Jelleff's
Jelleff's cardboard shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Kay Bee Toys
Kay Bee Toy and Hobby Shops paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

McIntire Hardware
McIntire Hardware paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Miller & Rhoads
Miller and Rhoads plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Montgomery Ward paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Montgomery Ward paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Montgomery Ward paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Montgomery Ward plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Peoples Drug
Peoples Drug paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Peoples Drug Stores paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Radio Shack
Radio Shack paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Sears
Sears paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Sears paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

ServiStar
ServiStar paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Shop Rite
Shop Rite paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Show-Off (any information on what this store was would be appreciated)
Show-Off plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Super Giant
Super Giant paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Thom McAn
Thom McAn shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Toys "R" Us (from 1969 to 1970)
Toys "R" Us paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Woodward & Lothrop
Woodward and Lothrop paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Woodward and Lothrop paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Woodward and Lothrop paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Woodward and Lothrop paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Woodward and Lothrop paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Woodward and Lothrop paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Woolworth
Woolworth plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Zayre
Zayre plastic shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Zayre paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr
Zayre paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

[ynkeesfn82]

Those are cool.

[TheFugitive]

I remember the Ames "Working to Win You Back" slogan.  It was after we had emerged from the first Chapter 11.

Those JC Penney bags are very old.  I remember my mom getting bags and boxes with that
logo in the late 60's-early 70's.

[busman_49]

Neat stuff!  Thanks for sharing!

[Chuck E. Cheese]

Nice! My Grandparents are also hoarders..lol..They have a bunch of Junk and stuffs with Caldor labels. Shopping Bags? I Wouldn't know..and god knows they don't.

(I've been focusing a bit more on the CEC and SPP Community and that's hwy I've been a tad inactive here)

[Retail_247]

Super Giant
Super Giant paper shopping bag by Harvestman Man, on Flickr

Wow !! That plastic bag must be rare

Super Giant was Giant Landover's Discount-Dept. Store & Supermarket combo from 1958 - 1977 (estimated dates from some research)

Giant also had stand alone discount dept. Stores under the simple name of "Giant Department Store"

They used the same "GIANT" in the letter "G" logo that the supermarkets used at the time...