Vintage collectible cotton canvas Grit Newspaper delivery bags, c. 1950's 
 
#1 darkest print of the three, open on one side - 19" x 14 1/2" (without handles)
#2 slightly faded, handsewn closed - 18" x 14" (without handles)
#3 very faded, closed model - 21" x 13"
 
all are doublesided printed, and all have staining/patina throughout
 
Grit is a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper, popular in the rural U.S. during much of the 20th century. It carried the subtitle "America's Greatest Family Newspaper". In the early 1930s, it targeted small town and rural families with 14 pages plus a fiction supplement. By 1932, it had a circulation of 425,000 in 48 states, and 83% of its circulation was in towns of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.
 
A true piece of vintage Americana.