The Hagley Vault

Selections from Hagley Museum and Library's archives and published collections on the history of American business, technology, and innovation.

January 13, 2025

Turns out, there's a lot of things you can put in bags. This paean to plastic is one of nine ca. 1960 commercials for the Pactiv Corporation's 'Baggies' branded plastic bags. Baggies were the first commercially produced plastic storage bags for food (and other items!) and were sometimes marketed using the great tagline "You'll like them". 


The commercial was produced by Cinecraft and is part of Hagley Library's collection of Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227), which also includes the other eight commercials produced for the product.

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