Early 20th Century U.S Dept. of Agriculture PSA heavy Roughened canvas tote bag with

Roughened canvas tote bag with leather base

1960s - 1970s

while the wooden folding base appears to be mahogany

MM - C-6243 - 111023

likely from an office environment

Early 20th Century U.S Dept. of Agriculture PSA heavy Roughened canvas tote bag withc. 1910s; U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry Washington, D. C. Cardstock government announcement. This sign was was produced by the USDA in the 1910s when the country was facing a meat crisis. Many different options were thrown around including imported hippopotamus meat. However, a simpler and cheaper solution was to encourage the population to invest their resources in poultry and eggs. Lo and behold, the idea worked and to