United Air Lines' 1960 "Los Angeles" poster printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: the full 1960 "Los Angeles" sunglasses poster art for United Air Lines
- 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
Los Angeles is summed up in one glamorous face on this 1960 United Air Lines poster: a woman in dark sunglasses and a headscarf, set against a blazing yellow ground that reads as pure California sun. The artist is not recorded on this copy. United's mid-century posters sold Los Angeles less as a city than as a lifestyle of convertibles, beaches and movie-star style, and the airline returned to this kind of California beauty again and again in its advertising of the 1950s and early 1960s, as its propeller Mainliners gave way to the first jets.
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.