The Telegraph Leather Tote

Product Info

Made to Order: 

Please allow 2-3 weeks for us to hand make and ship your bag to you. 

Toss it in and make your moves. The Telegraph Tote will be alongside you. Sustainably made from buttery soft yet sturdy automotive leather, with a large open compartment perfect for flowers at the farmer's market or overnight adventures to your favorite places.  

Each Telegraph Tote is one of a few we'll make in a few small batch colors this month.

Featuring soft and sturdy leather handles, dual inside pockets for your phone, wallet, sunglasses, and essentials.

Designed by Meg Harris, with our most premium leather upcycled from the top car companies in the USA, and other local partners, and handmade in Detroit by US Veterans and Detroiters.  

Features:

• Leather body with either leather or seatbelt straps

• Magnetic closure 

• Leather interior

• U.S. made stainless steel rivets

• 100% designed and made in Detroit

Dimensions:

• • Classic Bag dimensions (17"W x 12"D x 15.5"L) 

    • Fits a laptop up to 16 inches

  • Compact Tote: (17"W x 12"D x 11"L) 

• (2) Interior leather pockets (9.5"W x 4"D x 8.5"L), holds phone, sunglasses, wallets

• Soft flat seat belt wrapped in leather handles or all leather handle, with stitching accent; 9" drop

The Leather Story:

Every day thousands of pounds of leather from brand new cars go unused for reasons as simple as color issues and small marks. We give this material a new life by transforming it into high quality leather products that are sustainable and handmade to last.

Perfectly Imperfect:

Every Pingree Tote is slightly different. Why? The leather that we use is of the highest genuine grade and has imperfections that tell an authentic story. Small scratches and marks on the leather's surface are normal and will help the bag patina and age nicely. Texture and shade of leather may vary slightly from those pictured. 

Why the Name,  "Telegraph":

US Highway 24 (US 24) known as Telegraph Road is named after roads that once ran alongside actual telegraph lines across Michigan in 1868. The road runs for 79.828 miles through three counties in southeastern Michigan as it parallels the Lake Erie shoreline. 

The northern part of the highway follows a section of an old Indigenous trail called the Saginaw Trail that connected Detroit with points further north.