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A German reader tells us that German school book satchells continued to be common after World War II through the 50s and 60s. The lunch satchels have disappeared, but the leather book satchels are still very common. And we do continue to see traditional leather school stachels in the 1950s, although at least by the late-50s we begin to see some new styles. Here we see what looks like a traditinal school satchel. Notice the leather strap closures, On th previous page we see two German boys going to school with their school satchels. The photograph is undated, but looks like the late-1950s. The basic style seems traditional, but they look larger than the ones we have seen earlier. Notice the metals closures. Earlier satchels seem to have leather strap closures. They were much more common and can help date th satchels. A German reader writes, "I suppose the photo is from the 50s. The old form of the satchels disappeared. It became 'modern' to have a bag with a handle on top. You see it with the boy on the right. This allowed the boy to also carry by hand, not only on the back. And the bags as you mention became broader."
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