Where Are They Now

How the Trapper Keeper Took the ’80s by Storm — Then Suddenly Disappeared

The untold story of the Velcro binder that taught an entire generation how to organize

Whet Moser
Marker
Published in
6 min readJan 20, 2021

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A photo illustration of 2 vintage Trapper Keeper binders with a car image, placed within a thought bubble.
Photo illustration, source: Bethany Nixon/Flickr (with permission)

Where Are They Now is a column that revisits once-popular companies and brands that have seemingly disappeared.

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Whet Moser
Marker

Freelance writer/editor in Chicago. Words in Marker, The Atlantic, COVID Tracking Project, elsewhere. Author of ‘Chicago: From Vision to Metropolis.’