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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3712608, member: 8267&quot;]By WWII, there were probably few hand sewn bags for grain or other commodities. Machine sewn bags would just have a line of heavy stitching all along the top. But the corners of the bag could still be bunched together to help in lifting.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this WWI photo from a British mill, the workers are grasping the corners, but you can see on the last bag on the right that there are no &quot;ears&quot;:</p><p><img src="https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/industry_during_the_first_world_war-_flour_mill_q30941-640x474.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In this 1939 photo by Margaret Bourke-White you can see one knotted corner, but most of the bags seem to have just straight seams:</p><p><img src="https://lisalouisecooke.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/flour-sack-dresses.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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