{"product_id":"redding-connecticut-vintage-retro-cotton-canvas-tote-bag-old-put-in-bronze","title":"Redding Connecticut Vintage Retro Cotton Canvas Tote Bag - Old Put in Bronze","description":"\u003c!-- Redding Connecticut Vintage Retro Cotton Canvas Tote Bag - Old Put in Bronze\n     Redding Canvas Tote — Old Put in Bronze | redding-connecticut-vintage-retro-cotton-canvas-tote-bag-old-put-in-bronze | Version: R4.3SP | Thu Nov 12 2026\n     Keywords: 48 | Tags: 38 | GKP 530 R1+R2 (combined run 520-535): 11\/40 + 23\/34 hits; 23 measured terms published, 11 held; Putnam and park lanes reused from GKP 261-263\n     IP Clean | Content audit: PASS\n     Buttons: four-slot standard written in position (top: More Redding CT Items \/ More Connecticut Items; bottom: All Canvas Tote Bags \/ Shop All Towns \u0026 Items); theme splitter not used --\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:14px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/redding-ct-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; font-weight:600; white-space:nowrap; padding:12px 16px; border:1px solid #000000; border-radius:0; background:#B3B3B3; color:#0B0B0B;\"\u003eMore Redding CT Items\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/connecticut-items\" style=\"display:block; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; font-weight:600; white-space:nowrap; padding:12px 16px; border:1px solid #000000; border-radius:0; background:#8EC9F2; color:#0B0B0B;\"\u003eMore Connecticut Items\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"hook\" style=\"scroll-margin-top:120px\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOld Put on a canvas tote: General Israel Putnam on horseback, sword raised, out for the day in Redding.\u003c\/strong\u003e The figure is an original, drawn in old bronze and printed on heavy natural cotton canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tote is the Redding piece that gets used daily: groceries, books, the farmers' market on Saturday. It is flat to mail, so it is also the simplest Redding gift to send to someone out of state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1778 to 1779 Israel Putnam commanded from Redding: three camps, the Danbury stores behind him, the Sound below, and a division unpaid and close to walking home. On the morning of December 30 he talked the Connecticut brigades back to their huts with a speech and one confined ringleader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom these camps he pushed patrols down to the coast, and in late February 1779 a British column caught him at Greenwich with a handful of men. The ride that followed is the one everyone tells; what people forget is that he rode home to Redding. The park at his winter camp keeps a bronze of that moment by Anna Hyatt Huntington. This figure is not that one. It is an original drawn for Merlin Classics, sword up and hat on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDurable tote in heavy 12 oz (407 g\/m²) 100% cotton canvas, one size at 15 by 16 inches, with 20-inch self-fabric handles for shoulder carry and a sewn-in label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mc-facts-box\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"quick-facts\" class=\"mc-travel-title\" style=\"scroll-margin-top:120px\"\u003eQUICK FACTS — REDDING CANVAS TOTE — OLD PUT IN BRONZE\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-fact\"\u003eSeries: Redding Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-fact\"\u003eDesign: Old Put in Bronze — General Israel Putnam on horseback, sword raised, an original figure drawn in old bronze; original Merlin Classics art, printed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-fact\"\u003eBlank: cotton canvas tote, 15\" × 16\", 20\" self-fabric handles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-fact\"\u003eFabric: heavy 12 oz (407 g\/m²) 100% cotton canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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