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ttomtucker
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The men's Sears sucker suits,railroad watches, kids toys,mechanical toys. These's 952 pages in this catalog. If you looking for a certain item, let me know.
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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CatalogsFor 100 years, manufacturers used catalogs to reach those buyers who couldn…
ShoesShoes literally ground women’s fashion. Sometimes the statements they make …
Hay ttom, ya got pic's of them old "Sears Sucker Suits".....j/k (just kidin ttom)..
Thats what we called em back in the days.....
JSW14 check again
wow is that an original? i have 2 reproductions i love to look through them
Yup, Their they are "Sears Sucker Suits".....Haahaa... I remember my Dad only makeing 1.70 some cents an hour at GM. At 12 to 14 $ a suit, that was alot of money back then. His house payment was $40 a month! He worked alot of overtime, 10 to 14 hours a day! He was in the paint repair department....
hi, my grandmother gave me a pair of shoes that she had when she was little. i am not exactly what age she would have been but she was born in 1914 and the shoes seem to be handmade leather. can you tell me anything about them. they look like little cowgirl boots!
Thanks,
Jamie
Tom, I really like the Sears and Roebuck catalogs. I have every one of them
From the beginning to the very last issue. They are a real joy to look at and
Show off.....
Jamie, I don't see any booths in this catalog like you described. David has all the catalogs and the booths could be in one of his catalogs.
Thanks you David