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We have relatively few 19th century images. We believe that school satchels were widely used by German children throughout the 19th century. We have much more information on the 20th century. We see children routinely wearing these classic leather book bags to school throughout the early 20th century. They seem to be the same styles used during the 19th century. we note that it was very common for German primary children to have book satchels through the 1930s. We have less information after the the 1930s, but they have also been common after World War II (1939-45) as well. A German reader tells us that these school book satchells were common through the 50s and 60s and can even occassionally be seen nowadays in the 2000s. The odern bags are made in many different, sizes, styles, and colors. You no longer see mny children with the classic leather bags. The school satches are now very different. A German reader tells us, "Consider the present situation. The scool bags are no longer made oif leather and are less drable. Colourful big bags with a lot of separate small pouches for many purposes, changing fashion - one year a monkey, the next year a horse, later with the sign of a football club painted on the back. Now not usable the whole school time or for generations. Times have changed."
We have relatively few 19th century images. We believe that school satchels were widely used by German children throughout the 19th century. The few images we have found suggest thast the satchels styles used in the early-20th century were the styles common in the 19th century. We have found very little information on the early-19th century. Thanks to photography, however, we know a great deal about the mid- and late-19th century.
We have much more information on the 20th century. We see children routinely wearing these classic leather book bags to school throughout the early 20th century. They seem to be the same styles used during the 19th century. we note that it was very common for German primary children to have book satchels through the 1930s. We have less information after the the 1930s, but they have also been common after World War II (1939-45) as well. A German reader tells us that these school book satchells were common through the 50s and 60s and can even occassionally be seen nowadays in the 2000s. The odern bags are made in many different, sizes, styles, and colors. You no longer see mny children with the classic leather bags. The school satches are now very different. A German reader tells us, "Consider the present situation. The scool bags are no longer made oif leather and are less drable. Colourful big bags with a lot of separate small pouches for many purposes, changing fashion - one year a monkey, the next year a horse, later with the sign of a football club painted on the back. Now not usable the whole school time or for generations. Times have changed."
The traditional school book satchels can only rarely be seen nowadays in the 2000s. The modern bags are made in many different, sizes, styles, and colors. You no longer see mny children with the classic leather bags. The school satches are now very different. A German reader tells us, "Consider the present situation. The scool bags are no longer made of leather and are less durable. Colourful big bags with a lot of separate small pouches for many purposes, changing fashion - one year a monkey, the next year a horse, later with the sign of a football club painted on the back. Now not usable the whole school time or for generations. Times have changed."
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