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The purse in front is about 80 years old. It does have an added, removable strap. I carry this one a few times a year and always get compliments. It's well taken care of. The other purse is larger and a bit unwieldy for me, but it's from a late fashionista family friend. She had several similar bags. She was the wife of a prominent rancher in Texas, so she had lots of gorgeous leather and suede pieces. (Her recent memoir Eight Miles from the Front Gate, by Norma Schreiner was published about this era of her life, but she sadly passed before publication.) My very first purse (!) as a young girl, now that I think about it, was a Mexican tooled leather purse with colorful flowers. I think I'll try to find one of those next trip. It would be a cute clutch size.