Pieces of the Past: An Old Catalog

Friday, November 20, 2009

An Old Catalog

On AOL's page this morning, there was an article about Penney's phasing out their big catalog - the last of its kind. They are going for more individual catalogs and the online shopping. No surprise since the way people shop has changed so much. Online shopping is great, especially if you can get free shipping. That reminded me of two old Spiegel catalogs I have saved from 1961 and 1965 - I used to shop Spiegel a lot, especially when we lived in Iowa.

Thought you might get a kick out of this - priced at 4 for $3.90. Most bras ran from $1.50 to 3.00. I read someplace that this style was making a comeback, do you suppose?

Some lovely knit sheath dresses. I used to really love this style and have even made some. That was back when I had a nice waistline.

The great things you could order - everything! Even plumbing items. From time to time, I will post some of the multitude of things that could be ordered. The prices were so low - but then so were the paychecks so it was no different back then than it is now. A big difference, however, is all the things that were not around back then - much less to wish for! And so much has come and become obsolete and gone since then with new things still coming. Wow, what a world! (Click to enlarge)

1 comment:

KarenNovember 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM
I still buy from Penney's catalog but the individualized catalogs are just fine. Montgomery Wards did away with their catalog years ago and then went out of business. Sears no longer has a catalog. Aren't Spiegel catalogs still available. I used to see them in with the magazines at the book store.
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Old Pictures of the People in My Life

In this blog, I will post pictures from the past of the many people in my life who I love and have loved. The initial post and any that are labeled Pearce Family refer to my mother's family. Dan and Maggie Pearce had five children, Nelle, Nan, my mother, Harry (Ham), Leah and Ed. They took a lot of pictures and I plan to post many of them. My brother has sent me many pictures over the internet this past week - some of which I haven't seen - and this has prompted me to set up this blog to display those wonderful old photos.

I will also be posting pictures of my family, my husband's family, and our family. Those posts will be labeled by the family's name in the list on the sidebar. I hope this is something that will be enjoyed by anyone who looks in on

my blog.

I will try and tell as much as I can remember about people and places and events and of course much of it will be inaccurate but really just having the great old photographs to look at is fun in itself. And I do know who lots of the folks are.

Enjoy.