Thursday, August 13, 2015

It's in the bag

When the Beatles left London on August 13, 1965 and headed on a TWA plane to New York City to being their 1965 tour, TWA was wise enough to give each Beatle and every member of the entourage his own personal TWA red bag.    These bags appear to be pretty nice and they were a smart way for TWA to advertise their airline.    I am not sure how many bags were made, but they pop up on high scale auctions from time to time.   Each member had his name on the back of the bag, but some blank ones were also made.   The bags of the four Beatles are on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City.


Ringo and George on the plane--notice that George is holding his TWA bag.


I am not sure if these luggage tags are authentic, but they are cool

the front of the bag

Photo by Sara Schmidt

Photo by Sara Schmidt

Photo by Sara Schmidt

Photo by Sara Schmidt
Mal is holding his bag during the flight to NYC

They have arrived in New York!  George will not let go of his bag!


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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 26, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    The bags had their full names and M.B.E. printed on them...how come the bags at the HRC don't????

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  2. Sara S.August 26, 2015 at 11:26 PM

    Good catch there anonymous! I didn't see that, but you are right. George's bag appears to have "George Harrison M.B.E." on it and the HRC bags just have their names in quotes. I know that about 65% of the things in the HRC is fake....looks like the bags are on that list as well.

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