A vintage Braniff Airways bag sticker with its 'Great Lakes to the Gulf' slogan, printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: the full silver Braniff Airways 'Great Lakes to the Gulf' roundel art
- Bag: 10-ounce canvas, 80% recycled cotton / 20% cotton
- Size: 15.75" h x 15.25" w (approx. 240 cubic inches)
- Self-fabric handles
- Printed to order in Grapevine, Texas
A silver roundel lettered 'Braniff Airways' frames a pink-and-black panel of little scenes: a city skyline, an airliner in flight and a palm-fringed shore at sunset, tied together by the slogan 'Great Lakes to the Gulf' in red. The motto came to Braniff when it bought Bowen Airlines in January 1936, whose own slogan had been 'From the Great Lakes to the Gulf', and it summed up a route map running from the Midwest down toward the Gulf of Mexico. Airlines handed out labels like this for passengers to stick on their suitcases.
The bag is made from 10-ounce canvas of 80% recycled cotton and 20% cotton. The recycled fibers are collected from garment-cutting waste and then intertwined with cotton for added strength and durability. Self-fabric handles. Dimensions: 15.75" h x 15.25" w; approx. 240 cubic inches.
Note: Bags not intended for use by children 12 and under.