Old Catalogs
This wikizine is all about old catalogs!...All kinds of old catalogs in every category! Department store catalogs, car parts catalogs, boating catalogs, clothing catalogs, novelty and magic catalogs...The list is endless! We're... [more]
This wikizine is all about old catalogs!...All kinds of old catalogs in every category!
Department store catalogs, car parts catalogs, boating catalogs, clothing catalogs, novelty and magic catalogs...The list is endless!
We're going to focus, mainly, on catalogs issued before 1980...
.Find an area that you like, maybe it's fishing lures or old guns and start collecting old catalogs too!
Anything you can contribute by way of photos or info (like sources for old catalogs, articles on old catalogs, your personal experiences, etc) will be greatly appreciated!
Just In!...Original Johnson Smith Iron Hitler Skunk!
Johnson Smith Iron Hitler Skunk
Originally uploaded by zoomar
Just in!...
This is a photo of the actual, in-the-flesh, Hitler Skunk novelty that was advertised on page 261 of the 1944 Johnson Smith & Co. novelty catalog of 1944 It was originally placed on FLICKR by Zoomar at this URL: http://flickr.com/photos/zoomar/2311226927/
It's quite rare and the first one that I've ever seen!
Check out my 2-25-08 post on the 1944 Johnson Smith catalog to view a copy of the actual ad that advertised this piece
Go to: http://forrestflanderscentral.typepad.com/old_catalogs/2008/02/an-a-1-collecti.html
or see my photo scan of the entire 1944 Johnson Smith catalog including this ad on page 261...
http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/72157604008324419
Thanks to Zoomar http://flickr.com/photos/zoomar/
at Flickr for this great contribution!
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