16 February 2012

Historic Canadian mail-order catalogues


Looking for an illustration for a family history, or wondering what that 1920s sewing machine might have cost? Check out the mail-order catalogues, from the 1880s to 1970s, in a collection online from the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

1800s
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1887-88
John Eaton Catalogue No. 2, 189-?
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1896
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1897-98
Simpson's Spring and Summer 1899
1900-1909
Carsley Spring and Summer 1902
Carsley Fall and Winter 1902
Simpson's White Goods, January 1906
Simpson's Christmas 1906
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1908
1910-1919
Goodwin's Fall and Winter 1911-12
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1915-16
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1916
Christie Grant Midsummer Sale 1918
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1918-19
1920-1929
P. T. Legaré, 1920
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1926
Eaton - Mi-été 1928
1930-1939
Army and Navy Fall and Winter 1932-33
Eaton - Printemps et été 1934
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1935-36
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1936
Nerlich 1938-39
Eaton - Automne et hiver 1939-1940
Nerlich Fall and Holiday 1939-1940
1940-1949
Simpson's Spring and Summer 1945
Eaton - Printemps et été 1945
Dupuis Frères - Automne et hiver 1945-1946
Simpson's Fall and Winter 1945-46
Dupuis Frères - Été 1948
Eaton's Fall and Winter 1948-49
1950-1959
Eaton - Automne et hiver 1950-1951
Simpson's Spring and Summer 1952
Eaton's Christmas Book 1956
Army and Navy Fall and Winter 1958-59
1960-1969
Dupuis Frères - Printemps et été 1962
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1965
Eaton - Automne et hiver 1967
Eaton - Novembre 1968
1970-1975
Eaton - Vente d'été 1971
Eaton's Spring and Summer 1975
Eaton - Noël 1975

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