Old Record Shop Bags

Submitted by denny April 3rd, 2012
Certifikitsch Winner

I don’t know the exact year of these bags but I found these tucked inside one of the record holders from the Victrola I purchased.

9 Responses to “Old Record Shop Bags”

  1. Allee Willis

    Beautiful! Brunswick was a huge record label and had some local stores.

    I used to always save the bags that my 45s came in. My local record shop was right next door to my high school. They were both named Mumford. The bags were the exact same color as the outside of the school, powder blue and maroon. I loved having matching school and record bags.

  2. denny

    Thanks for sharing that, who would have thought that even a record bag could have such an impact on our young lives. I was lucky enough to be part of an era where record stores were still using fun bags to advertise their store and product.

    Sometimes it’s quite amazing the memories that some kitsch can make feel like a kid again, even with record bags.

    I feel bad now that I did not save these.

  3. denny

    “sometimes it quite amazing the memories that some kitsch can bring back…..and how some kitsch can make us feel like a kid again…..”

    I’m having a terrible day with typing errors, my apologies.

  5. k2dtw

    Love!!!.. I feel so bad I don’t remember the Mumford Record Shop?? Do you remember when they opened??…were they always there?

    • Allee Willis

      I don’t know the exact years but Mumford Music was definitely open in the late 50’s through the mid 60’s if not longer. On Wyoming between Thatcher and Curtis.

  6. windupkitty

    oh wow, these are fabulous…so,so jealous!!!!! and, um, did you say VICTROLA!?!?!!? IS that posted!?!?! Did I miss it!?!?!