25 August 2006

Eaton's Catalogues 1906

What would you do? Your ancestor arrived in Ontario in 1906, a period of tremendous emigration from Britain to Canada, and found they needed a coat, or shoes, or a hat. Eaton's Catalogue to the rescue. The T. Eaton company and its catalogue brought the latest fashionable apparel from the city. It became a Canadian institution.

Discover the wares on offer, and prices of 1906, in a scan of the catalogue available online here.

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