The 1933 christmas book catalog cover illustrated some of the featured items in the catalog. In 1933, sears released its first ever wish booka vast catalog highlighting the stores bestselling items that served as a sort of cheat sheet for. Its that time of year againtime to scour through scans of old department store wish book catalogs. Christmas catalogs christmas books 80s fashion vintage fashion womens fashion cheryl tiegs culottes outfit blue eyed girls rock. Living in ny on long island we were lucky enough to have virtually every big name store local. Also on the lookout for the years i am missing for sears, so keep checking back for new ones in the months to come. Christmas catalogs scanned in their entirety from the 1944 wards catalog 152 pages to the 1985 sears catalog 648 pages. From the 1985 sears wishbook so much info about the then new technology of cd players. These scans originally appeared on my old website on the late. The catalog contained toys and other holidayrelated merchandise. From gift sets to casual clothing of children there is a huge product range for this christmas. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. You could order presents for the whole family out of the comfort of your own home and have them shipped to your local sears store to. Clicking on any of the graphical catalog panels below will open up a new window containing the selected catalog navigation screen.
Find out the best of the sears prepared by this wishbook special for christmas. The first sears christmas book, in 1933, was a modest 87 pages. Sears, roebuck and company is a retail giant with 19thcentury roots as a mailorder business operating in rural america. Peek inside searss 1990 holiday wish book mental floss. Sears canada is proud to offer the 60th anniversary wish. Information and updates page a photo on flickriver. In fact, the scans youll find below are actually from the 1985 jcpenney catalog, which was nearly a carbon copy of that years sears wish book, save for the name on the cover and the hand models in the gaudy ring section. Christmas 1980, as the photo above sort of illustrates. It was the goto guide to find gift ideas for all ages. Enjoy an uplifting holiday song about the book that taught megathruster the true meaning of christmas. Each year, children would pore over its pages, dogearing corners in hopes that santa might notice and decide to leave their favorite toys under the tree.
Michael french from retroblasting actually did a whole video on it you might enjoy too. The the havocs hovercraft is supposed to move sideways for turning. This edition of resurrecting the past was originally going to be resurrecting the past. Vintage 1956 sears roebuck and company christmas wishbook catalog. Well, here for your enjoyment and discussion, are scans of several pages from the toy sections of the 1985 sears wish book and the 1985 consumers catalog. I was going to go over the contents of the 1980 sears wish book and also survey what was on tv during the week of christmas, using the tv guide from that time.
Vintage 1985 sears christmas catalog wish book barbie. Sears catalog celebrating the 50th edition of our holiday wish book, wrap up a beautiful christmas at sears 1982 by no author listed jan 1, 1982 3. The first sears wish book was published in 1934 and was a separate catalog from the annual sears christmas catalog. By 1968, the catalog had ballooned to 608 pages, and sold quilted. Why old sears wish books have hidden value some collectors are on the hunt for old wish books to use as a reference guides for old toys. The vintage christmas catalog archive the catalogs. Christmas decorations only add to the excitement and are a special tradition for many people. Please enjoy the new format and if you have any feedback. The company loses the distinction of being the nations topselling retailer to walmart.
All site search website information christmas server time. Below are eight highlights from the 1982 sears wish book, and oh my god are they good ones. The sears wish book was a popular christmasthemed catalog released annually by the american department store chain sears in august or september. The sears christmas book, fondly known as the wish book, got its start in 1933 and quickly became a holiday staple for many american families. Flickriver view images as a river of photos and more. This interactive publication is created with flippingbook, a service for streaming pdfs online. Search capability for this catalog will be enabled in the. I know 1982 sounds too long ago for some of you, but a lot of this stuff is downright timeless.
Latest updates 1940 sears fall winter catalog more. Xentertainment waxing about christmas wish booksl 1985. Well as many of you remember in the 80s the stores like jc pennys and sears had the christmas wishbook catalogs. It offered fruitcakes and mickey mouse watches and live canaries. The next year sears started a tradition by putting colorful, warm christmas scenes on the cover. The sears christmas wish book catalog was the amazon of its day. Sears has a wide variety of amazing christmas items to brighten up your home this holiday season. Get ready for heman, glo worm and frankensteins monster. Sears, jc pennys, macys, tss times square stores, toys r us, child world, caldor, kmart, you name it, we probably had one. Loved the day when the sears wish book and the jcpenney christmas catalog came in the mail. Baby boomers tribute sears christmas wish book 1968 retro toys.
Sears carried every kind of product, for most every kind of consumer, and their catalog was an exhaustive list of all of it. The 1991 sears wishbook comes in at a whopping 806 pages, by far the largest of the christmas catalogs currently found on the site. Id take the catalog, lay down on the floor in the front living room, so. If you were like me, this book defined the christmas season. This sears wishbook christmas catalog from the 1985 season is a canadian version and is in clean, tight condition with pages of some of the most collectable toys including transformers, tonka, star wars, fisher price, atari, lego, gi joe and superheroes. From then on, the wish book catalog covers regularly featured children, santa claus, and christmas trees. To anyone born before the mid1980s, the term wishbook or christmas catalog probably has special meaning. Sears grew into one of the nations largest corporations, redefining the. Weber barbecue cookbook genesis series lp and sunset bbq cookbook 2. Growing up in the 1970s the christmas season always began with the arrival of the sears wishbook in the mail. The most exciting part about christmas is the tree.
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