Luggage label
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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.[2]
Forerunner[edit]
The Romans used baggage labels made from lead.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Hill, Kate (15 May 2017). Britain and the Narration of Travel in the Nineteenth Century: Texts, Images, Objects. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-79473-7.
- ^ a b Grafton, Carol Belanger (24 July 2002). Old-Fashioned Luggage Labels. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-42194-0.
- ^ Craig, David (1988). Luggage labels : mementos from the golden age of travel. Internet Archive. San Francisco : Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-87701-531-4.
- ^ "The Golden Age of Travel and the History of Luggage Tags | Barnebys Magazine". Barnebys.com. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Roman lead baggage label". amgueddfa.cymru. Amgueddfa Cymru. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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