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Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

1777-1785

JMC Airlines male cabin crew uniform

Canvas bag for plumbing tools

Cloth bag, grey for Sony ‘MD Walkman’ portable minidisc recorder MZ-R55

circa 1998

Mini bag RR250 made from recycled rubber tyre inner tubes

1996

Khaki canvas bag with shoulder strap, Europe, 1914-1918

1914-1918

Canvas bag for 'Simpsonette' anti-mosquito hood

1901-1930

Red Cross cloth bags

1939-1945

Closed end ostomy bag

Simpson's nasal bag, by Downs Surgical Ltd, 1980

1980

Captain Condom carrier bag

1992

Yellow plastic clinical waste bag

circa 2014-15

Sixteen small plastic re-sealable specimen bags

circa 2014-15

Gladstone bag

Powder bag

Become Carbon Neutral tote bag

2008

Film Transport Bag

JMC Airlines female cabin crew uniform

BEA airline inflight bag

Storage bag for punches

circa 1965

Leather gladstone bag

1941-1955

Slotter's gas meter cash bag with lock. Used by Manchester Corporation Gas Department slot meter staff

Bag of Kamusowha, Uganda, 1919

1919

Yellow plastic clinical waste bags

circa 2014-15

Yellow plastic clinical waste bag

circa 2014-15

Yellow plastic clinical waste bag

circa 2014-15

German military anaesthesia kit, Germany, 1914-1918

1914-1918

"Dreadnought" bookmaker's bag by the Richmond Time Recording Co.

circa 1925

'Higgs boson' bag

2008-10

White plastic bag for Covid-19 Health Pack created by the Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN). There is a red and green pattern design printed on the bag, with text that reads 'Put a spring in your step! Wellness pack including vitamin D and face mask'.

Plastic Bag for Covid-19 Health Pack

Spikins "Hot-Pak" heat storage bag

Spikins "Hot-Pak" heat storage bag

Spikins "Ice-Pak" cooling bag

Spikins "Ice-Pak" cooling bag

'All of Us' research program cup holder, given to participants of the program which aims to tackle disparities in health outcomes by collecting genomic and health data from one million participants from communities typically underrepresented in medical research studies, made by the National Institutes of Health, United States, 2022.

'All of Us' Research Program cup holder

2022

Canvas bag for gas mask, from Surgeon-Captain M.H. Knapp, R.N., British, 1915

Canvas bag for gas mask

1915

Bundle of brown hemp tied with string, contained in transparent plastic bag. According to Science Museum listing, it is Indian hemp from a Turkish drug shop, and dates from between 1851 and 1920.

Bundle of brown hemp tied with string

1851-1920

Canvas and leather bag for Wild C40 wide-angle stereometric camera manufactured by Wild Heerbrugg AG of Switzerland, 1970.

Canvas and leather bag for Wild C40 wide-angle stereometric camera

1970

Bag, cotton, Plastic is not fantastic, designed by Exposure for Virgin Trains, 2007. Design shows sillhouettes of animals and includes Virgin logo.

Cotton bag, "Plastic is not fantastic"

2007

Green baize bag, allegedly from Great Northern Railway Royal Train.

Green baize bag

Waxed paper carrier bag with plastic handles, printed picture of series 700 Shinkansen in bottom quarter of main bag faces

Waxed paper carrier bag with plastic handles

Bag containing nine viscose covered medicine bottle corks. 1895-1899

Bag containing nine viscose covered medicine bottle corks. 1895-1899

Bag, polythene, Railtrack, clear carrier bag with RAILTRACK in black block lettering.

Railtrack polythene bag

1998

British Airways flight data recording black cloth bag

British Airways flight data recording black cloth bag

British Rail Trainload Freight polythene bag. Yellow polythene printed with the four Trainload Freight sub sector logos above the legend 'Trainload Freight' in the Rail Alphabet font and the British Rail double arrows device.

British Rail Trainload Freight bag

Cloth bag, SER. Cloth bag printed with "SER Paper Ticket Only". In ink underneath " Whyleleafe". Dimensions 8"x9"

Cloth bag, South Eastern Railway

Paper lunch bag, InterCity, with yellow and black printed design, advert for Schweppes on side. Flat: 260 mm x 180 mm, 0.01kg.

Paper lunch bag

Canvas bag and support for Siebe Gorman "Proto" Mark IV breathing apparatus, by Siebe Gorman and Company Limited, British, 1950

Canvas bag and support for Siebe Gorman 'Proto' Mark IV breathing apparatus

1950

Fare collectors bag, DN & GR. Leather bag with shower strap. Dimensions 10"x9"

Fare collectors bag

General Purpose Bag, brown rectangular carrier made c.1912 at Evelyn St. Depot (LCC Tranways - Horse Traction), Deptford. Brass lock, marked "Hobb & Co London Lever".

Rectangular bag

1907-1917

Railwayman's Bag, Leather bag with oval base and lid which slots over 2 carrying handles. Type patented by James Cornwall, Railway Guard in 1892 and manufactured at Invicta Works, March in the 1920's.14 3/4"x6"x9 3/4".

Railwayman's bag

1920-1930

Plastic bag containing cedar bark powder of unknown provenance. Bag made by Savory and Moore Ltd (29 Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London SW1), circa 1900-1930. Contents date to circa 1830-1920.

Plastic bag containing cedar bark powder of unknown provenance

1900-1930