Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Laptop Bag, "32° Freemasons Helping Children"
2015-2017
Maker not marked
Sri Lanka
Nylon, plastic, leather, metal, ink
overall: 15"h x 21"w x 3-1/2"d
Gift of Winthrop Lyman Hall
2017.043.3

Masonic Laptop Bag, "32° Freemasons Helping Children". Black rectangular laptop bag with extendable shoulder strap and a handle on top. Flap front has white image printed at its center of an open book with "32° / Freemasons / Helping / Children" on PR side and, on the PL side, a teddy bear with a bow tie that has a square and compasses on its PR side and a Scottish Rite double-headed eagle emblem on its PL side. At bottom of front flap, two black plastic buckles; at top, black metal zipper pocket. Inside bag, main compartment has black metal zipper at top, and multiple smaller pockets on its front panel below, including a small zipper pocket at the lower PR corner and a velcro-closure flap pocket at the upper PL corner; surrounding these, several open-topped pockets; sewn into top PR corner, a short strap with a black plastic clip at its end. Back of bag plain. Removable black nylon shoulder strap has buckle for adjusting, and flexible, rectangular panel for stabilizing against shoulder that has raised, stippled texture on its underside; black plastic clasps at either end attach to triangular black plastic pieces sewn to top corners of bag. Handle at top center has black leather cover with seam sewn along its middle.