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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.

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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

The Romans used baggage labels made from lead. [5]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Grafton, Carol Belanger (24 July 2002). Old-Fashioned Luggage Labels. Courier Corporation. ISBN   978-0-486-42194-0.
  3. Craig, David (1988). Luggage labels : mementos from the golden age of travel. Internet Archive. San Francisco : Chronicle Books. ISBN   978-0-87701-531-4.
  4. "The Golden Age of Travel and the History of Luggage Tags | Barnebys Magazine". Barnebys.com. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. "Roman lead baggage label". amgueddfa.cymru. Amgueddfa Cymru. Retrieved 11 January 2023.