Paper Bag Day

About Paper Bag Day

Paper Bag Day is observed on 12 July annually to recognise the importance of an invention of Paper Bag that we mostly take it for granted. In 1852, Francis Wolle, a schoolteacher, invented the first machine to mass-produce paper bags.

In 1871, Margaret E. Knight designed other machine producing flat-base paper bags, making her ‘the mother of the grocery bag’.

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• General
• USA

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