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PSPS

(15,376 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2011, 07:55 PM Dec 2011

Christmas catalogs of yore

Take a trip down memory lane. Here are complete scans of old Christmas catalogs from 1933 to 1988.

http://www.wishbookweb.com/

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Christmas catalogs of yore (Original Post) PSPS Dec 2011 OP

Great time waster liberal N proud Dec 2011 #1

I used to love the Spiegel catalogs. nt Kahuna Dec 2011 #2

I think handmade34 Dec 2011 #3

Yikes, that is like me in seventh grade. frazzled Dec 2011 #4

It was always a big deal FirstLight Dec 2011 #5

How I ever got on the mailing list, I'll never know Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #6

Eeek TheCentepedeShoes Dec 2011 #7

The 1980 JCPenny catalog is seared into my brain. tridim Dec 2011 #8

I still have the Fall/Winter 1973 J C Penneys catalog Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #9

Wow this is a great site. I love old catalogues. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #10

Last Christmas, I found a 1966 Herter's Catalog for my brother NBachers Dec 2011 #11

liberal N proud

(61,203 posts)

1. Great time waster

Reply to PSPS (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 07:59 PM

Dec 2011

Should fill an hour or two.

Kahuna

(27,372 posts)

2. I used to love the Spiegel catalogs. nt

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:11 PM

Dec 2011

handmade34

(24,059 posts)

3. I think

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:15 PM

Dec 2011

I asked for that middle dress for Christmas one year long ago...

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

4. Yikes, that is like me in seventh grade.

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:27 PM

Dec 2011

We were so mod!

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)

5. It was always a big deal

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:30 PM

Dec 2011

when we'd get the Montgomery Ward's Cmas edition! my sister and I would fight over the book, and couldn't wait to look at the toy section!

wheee!

Tansy_Gold

(18,167 posts)

6. How I ever got on the mailing list, I'll never know

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:48 PM

Dec 2011

but I still have my Christmas 1972 Kenton Collection catalogue

TheCentepedeShoes

(3,522 posts)

7. Eeek

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 08:53 PM

Dec 2011

I looked just like that girl on the cover of the 1957 Sears catalog
I even had a bear like that
Mom, Dad we need to talk about my contract
That year I got a Madam Alexander doll - Cissy with the pink and white striped dress - from my Mom and a set of American Plastic Bricks from my Dad
I liked the bricks better, plus he renewed the National Geo mag subscription

tridim

(45,358 posts)

8. The 1980 JCPenny catalog is seared into my brain.

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 09:00 PM

Dec 2011

I remember almost every toy in there.

LOL at the $887.00 VCR.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

9. I still have the Fall/Winter 1973 J C Penneys catalog

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 09:30 PM

Dec 2011

as well as the Spring/Summer 1976 and Fall/Winter 1977 ones. They are used as a counterweight on a top-heavy curio.

I should take some time to look through them one day. It could be entertaining.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)

10. Wow this is a great site. I love old catalogues.

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Tue Dec 27, 2011, 11:21 PM

Dec 2011

NBachers

(19,572 posts)

11. Last Christmas, I found a 1966 Herter's Catalog for my brother

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Wed Dec 28, 2011, 01:17 AM

Dec 2011

We used to read every page of our Herter's Catalogs 'till the print wore off.

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