A vintage Mount Cook Line red mailing label reading 'Important: Here are the sales aids you requested', printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: the full Mount Cook Line red 'sales aids' label 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
This red label was not meant for a suitcase but for a parcel: Important, it reads, here are the sales aids you requested through Mount Cook Line, signed off with the company's flowing logo. Labels like this went out with brochures and posters sent to travel agents. The Mount Cook business traces back to Rodolph Wigley's aviation venture in Timaru in 1920, and its Mount Cook Airline began scheduled services in 1961 from its Christchurch base. Air New Zealand took full ownership in 1991.
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.