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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Feb 28 2020 : 7:21:18 PM
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Yep, SEARS sells everything...
from A to Z..
Who knew you could buy chicks from sears...
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I love the fabrics...
(HG56,, check out the dress pattern.. look familiar?)
back then, fabric was 36" wide except for upholstery and drapery fabric which was 45"
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6594 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6594 Posts |
Posted - Feb 29 2020 : 05:31:43 AM
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Back in the 1930s and 40s, you could mail order houses to build and outhouses! Imagine a big truck delivering all the pieces and parts of you new house ready to put together!! I find it so fascinating. It feels sad to me that now Sears is barely alive anymore. They just can’t compete in today’s market competition with Home Depot and Lowe’s . They closed our Sears a couple of years ago and I hated to see it go. In my childhood, Sears was the place you could get anything for home or farm and the catalogue ordering was a way of life form many homes for essentials .
What fun you are having enjoying a walk back to the past with this old catalogue!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3078 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3078 Posts |
Posted - Feb 29 2020 : 10:07:23 AM
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I like the price of the fabric - 34 cents a yard!!! 44 cents for calico!!
~Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701
September 2014 Farmgirl of the Month
"The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment" - Yogi teabag
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HollerGirl56
True Blue Farmgirl
1334 Posts
Barbara
Flat Top
WV
USA
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Posted - Feb 29 2020 : 2:23:04 PM
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I used to love looking at Sears catalog and longing fot things I never could have---including a set of Nancy Drew books. I have a few old fifties catalogs and several from the 1920's and I love to crawl up in the attic and look at them sometimes. I also have a lot of fifties and forties magazines up there. I must get up there and organize---but I usually scream and run back down---it will take nerve to face that mess.
Old Age Ain't No Place For Sissies!------Bette Davis |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Feb 29 2020 : 3:02:57 PM
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I also have a Sears 1965 and a Montgomery Wards 1966 catalog... I love them for 2 reasons..
Brings back memories... and
Helps me identify and date items from that era.
The Sears 1953,, is Kool...
I especially love checking out the Bark Cloth and Pebble cloth motifs as well as kitchen appliances, Chennile coverlets and dish patterns,, oh heck,, I love it all!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6594 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2020 : 11:22:36 AM
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Wow, Barbara, I would love to see what magazines you have from the 1940s and 1950s. I purchased some old Farmer's journals from Ebay from the early 1940s and just love them!! They have so many interesting articles about farming at that time and about the "new" ways and equipment that would make a farm run more efficiently. It is fascinating!! Hehe, If I went up in your Attic, I might not come out for weeks because I would be so caught up in reading old books and magazines!! LOL!!!! You are lucky to have such cool things in your attic. Collecting allows these older written accounts of life so long ago are not only interesting, but also important history lessons. Appreciating the past is helpful in understanding the current times. At least it is for me. Not to mention that I am such a nostalgic person and find that I am getting to be more so with each passing year!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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