The first backpack ever discovered was found alongside the frozen remains of Ötzi the Iceman in 3300 BC.
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In the 1800s, backpacks were commonly used by European hikers and mountaineers, who needed a convenient way to carry their gear. These early backpacks were made of heavy canvas and leather, and were often quite bulky. In the early 1900s, backpacks began to be used for more leisurely travel as well.
When Did We Start Bringing Backpacks to School? Backpacks weren't seen in classrooms until about the late 1940s. This was at the end of World War II when schools were starting to be built again and more resources, like fabric and metal, were available to make the backpacks.
Various indigenous tribes had made framed backpacks such as the Ojibwa of Eastern Canada and the above mentioned Alaskan Inuit tribes, and the Seneca tribes. However, as with most innovation, the military refined the idea and implemented it on a mass scale.
Concealing ContrabandWhile certainly not the overwhelming number of cases, such instances have led to some administrators banning backpacks to dissuade students from sneaking illegal and dangerous items onto school grounds.
In the years between 1960-1969 backpacks were plain and were mostly made using leather, wood, or canvas materials, they were quite minimalistic and quite distinguishable when put in comparison with the modern vintage retro backpack designs.
Books and supplies had to be carried to and from the classroom, and backpacks became a necessity ever since. Back in the 40s and early 50s, kids would carry backpacks made from leather or canvas. These were much more sophisticated than the ones young students use today!
backpack (n.) also back-pack, 1904, bag with shoulder straps that allow it to be carried on a person's back, from back (n.)+ pack (n.). By 1916 as a verb, to hike while carrying supplies in a backpack. Related: Backpacked; backpacking.
High school seniors across the country are donning a new type of item for their first day of school: a backpack typically used by young children. As seniors are starting their last year of high school, an emerging trend has them purchasing the backpacks as a way to reminisce on their childhood.