Primary Colors Coil Cord Purse with Newspaper Ads

See ads below, clipped via a subscription to Newspapers.com. These handbags are currently known as "telephone" or "phone" cord bags, but other than the first ad below, there is little or no reference to them being called such in their marketing. While many who are interested in vintage fashion believe these materials (plastics) were used during wartime shortages of leather, most of these bags seem to have been produced (and/or sold) during the 1950s, after WWII. It's also interesting to note that they were made as late as 1960, when many collectors assume these to be products of the 1940s.

Tue, May 8, 1945 – Page 3 · The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Tue, May 8, 1945 – Page 3 · The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Fri, Jun 3, 1960 – 3 · Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Fri, Apr 15, 1955 – Page 22 · Muncie Evening Press (Muncie, Indiana, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Fri, Jun 27, 1952 – 5 · Alabama Journal (Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Fri, Apr 24, 1953 – 20 · The Daily Times (Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Fri, Jun 11, 1954 – Page 31 · The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America) · Newspapers.com Fri, Apr 10, 1953 – Page 9 · The Evening Independent (Massillon, Stark, Ohio) · Newspapers.com