1902 Sears Catalog.
They sold everything! Farm equipment, horse and carriage buggies, to every little every day need. I wish you could all see it. All black and what etchings, perfectly done, with typed words and prices.
A powder jar (for makeup) was 5 cents, an entire suit (wool or line) from $1.47 to $4.50, good leather shoes 55 cents, cashmere or wool overcoats (long) $1.75 to $4.50, horse buggies $19.95, beautiful wood stoves up to $20.95 - starting as low as $4.50, stationary in boxes from 40 cents to 75 cents, the biggest eye opener was guns from $4.50 up to $80.00. Beautiful pocket watches and necklace watches...So much in there. There are 1162 pages with a few introduction pages and how to place an order. You could build a Sears house if needed. Literally every tiny thing needed is in there.
All the items were lovely, well the ones that I knew what they were. The farm equipment and parts I just skipped over. I like that things used to be made to be pleasing to look at at in addition to necessary.
They sold everything! Farm equipment, horse and carriage buggies, to every little every day need. I wish you could all see it. All black and what etchings, perfectly done, with typed words and prices.
A powder jar (for makeup) was 5 cents, an entire suit (wool or line) from $1.47 to $4.50, good leather shoes 55 cents, cashmere or wool overcoats (long) $1.75 to $4.50, horse buggies $19.95, beautiful wood stoves up to $20.95 - starting as low as $4.50, stationary in boxes from 40 cents to 75 cents, the biggest eye opener was guns from $4.50 up to $80.00. Beautiful pocket watches and necklace watches...So much in there. There are 1162 pages with a few introduction pages and how to place an order. You could build a Sears house if needed. Literally every tiny thing needed is in there.
All the items were lovely, well the ones that I knew what they were. The farm equipment and parts I just skipped over. I like that things used to be made to be pleasing to look at at in addition to necessary.
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