1934 French catalog
1936 German trade catalog; beautiful package illustrations! (see more here)
1936 German trade catalog; organized so neatly! (see more here)
1936 German trade catalog; look at the composition--it's mesmerizing! (see more here)
1940 Sears Christmas Book
1947 Sears Christmas Book
1947 Sears Christmas Book; love the illustration of the Bubble Lite!
1952 Sears Christmas Book; neato little graphic in the center
1956 Sears Christmas Book; the smoky shiny effect is so pretty...and look at that garland of glass beads!
1956 Sears Christmas Book
1958 Sears Christmas Book cover
1958 Sears Christmas Book; look at that Candy Tree, and the Candy Church looks like it's covered in Meltaway mints...mmmmm...
1958 Sears Christmas Book; cool bottle brush tree (only $3.97!), but things are starting to get plastic...
1958 Sears Christmas Book
1958 Sears Christmas Book; note the fluffy, pink, flocked trees
1958 Sears Christmas Book
1966 Penneys Christmas Catalog
1968 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog; at first I thought $2.88 was kind of expensive for those plastic snow globes, but looking closer I see that's the price for a set of six!
1968 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog; those "Italian Petal" lights were popular into the '80s
1969 Sears Christmas Book; not very fond of the faux stained glass decal, but hurray for the blow molds!
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6 comments:
I recognize a few of the ornaments from the 1956 and 1958 catalogs from my childhood. I think I might even still have a couple of them.
Oddly, I own quite a few of these ornaments, including the 1958 Sears Olympic skier.
They're all gorgeous and look so fragile, especially the 1958 figural ornaments. I try to buy them whenever I find them at sales. They look so neat together on one tree.
Pretty ornaments I especially like the ten Maine Lobsters for 22.00 I want!!!
You know, I hadn't noticed those before! That's a great price for live lobster! Not to mention only $4.97 for the Emmet Kelly Cheese Pack, complete with a framed print--what every home needs! Thanks for checking out my blog!
I have the church from the 52 Sears Christmas catalog. I believe I have a few of the ornaments in some of the lists
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