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PXR-5

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14. Yes!

Reply to mia (Original post)

Thu May 19, 2022, 03:08 PM

May 2022

I would pick out my toys for Santa to bring me in the 60s, through the early 90s for stuff for my home.

I still have my Sears Card.

Somewhere around here I have my father in law's Metal Sears card from the 30s or 40s and my mother in law's football shaped one from the 50s.

Still have Kenmore appliances in the kitchen.

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Did you ever shop from the Sears catalog? [View all] mia May 2022 OP

I haven't personally shopped from a Sears catalog, but my parents did when I was growing up. Arkansas Granny May 2022 #1

Sears booster seats. Love it! mia May 2022 #4

Back in the 1950s the Sears catalog was our Amazon.com. Binkie The Clown May 2022 #2

Did you ever save up stamps in a book Boxerfan May 2022 #3

Yes! S&H Green stamps. I traded them for a spice rack. mia May 2022 #7

I used to shop from the Sears Craftsman Tool Catalog. House of Roberts May 2022 #5

Yes. Harker May 2022 #6

I remember the view from the top of the Sears Tower. mia May 2022 #15

As big cities go, Chicago has a lot to offer... Harker May 2022 #26

We used to get to circle our Christmas wishlist and fold over the pages. underpants May 2022 #8

Sears catalogs were a big deal in the outhouse days underpants May 2022 #9

And the pages kept mia May 2022 #11

The irony underpants May 2022 #12

In Canada it was the Eaton's Catalogue ironflange May 2022 #19

Don't Know We Did ProfessorGAC May 2022 #10

So true about what they could have been. mia May 2022 #16

None Near Us ProfessorGAC May 2022 #22

No. We "window shopped" via the catalog and then purchased what we wanted in the store. LeftInTX May 2022 #13

Yes! PXR-5 May 2022 #14

I recall it was a big deal when the catalog would arrive! SheltieLover May 2022 #17

My wife was both Montgomery Wards gibraltar72 May 2022 #18

Yes, up until they stopped the catalog. sinkingfeeling May 2022 #20

The small town I grew up in had a J.C. Penney's and a Montgomery Wards, rsdsharp May 2022 #21

That was a really informative & entertaining movie 🎥 ty questionseverything May 2022 #23

Yes! mia May 2022 #24

I just read it for the underwear pictures. Midnight Writer May 2022 #25

my mum did, when I was a kid and when we were in America Skittles May 2022 #27

Yep, the new Sears catalog was an event. Chainfire May 2022 #28