Objects Database

Karrimor Tote-em PackFrame & Rucksack

Accession Number

820.2010.1

Object Name

Karrimor Tote-em PackFrame & Rucksack

Created

29/01/2010

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

29/01/2010

Brief Description

Hollow silver metal tubular frame with lovat green padded carrying straps and back rest and metal buckles. Red rucksack attached.

Materials

metal, canvas, plastic

Dimensions

75(l) x 37(w) x 18(d) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Red label stuck on metal with inscription "KARRIMOR"

Colour

silver, lovat green,red, grey

Maker

Karrimor

Object Production Place

Accrington,Lancs, England

Provenance

Karrimor had lots of good ideas back in the good old days; the Tote-em packframe was one of them, cheap, light and versatile, so versatile that just about anything could be attached. Famous mountaineer and mountain rescuer, Hamish MacInnes, used them for toting his mountain rescue stretchers around.
The frame we have here in the collection has a Karrimor rucksack attached. This particular sack was designed specifically to compliment the Tote-em frame but does have its own carrying straps and can be separated from the frame and used independently by undoing a few screws and unthreading a few straps- versatility.
There were other variations to the theme as can be seen in the 1970’s Graham Tiso catalogue opposite.
This type of frame was very popular with the back packing and camping fraternity but not so with climbers as the frame got caught on everything.
Internal frame sacs have pretty much taken over from the packframe though they still have adherents.
We have lots more on the history of Karrimor elsewhere in the collection and loads more rucksacks.

Acquisition Date

29/01/2010

Condition

good

Condition Check Date

29/01/2010

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

24/08/2020

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