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Scan of 1918 EATON'S FALL/WINTER Catalog...529 Pages!

Fri, 14 Jun 2008 17:35:09 GMT

posted by oddbiz

Hello Everybody!...

This is Forrest Flanders for OLD CATALOGS...

This has been a long and tedious project, but now it's completed.

For the past week, I've been working on a complete scan of the Eaton's 1917-1918 Fall/Winter catalog.

It's a biggie and runs 529 pages!

I think it's one of their best old catalogs and it beats the previous Eaton's catalog (1917 Eatons Spring/Summer) that I scanned for you last week...

Just go to this URL to view the entire catalog:

http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/72157605508283035/

A little later in the week I'll give you a short scan of the 1948 Eaton's Spring/Summer Sale catalog!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Cataloging!

Forrest Flanders

Free Old Catalog Scan...1979 Johnson Smith Catalog

Sun, 2 Jun 2008 00:49:20 GMT

posted by oddbiz

O.K.!...

What is it?...

Well, I just came across a great find on Flickr.com. A user by the name of MatBergman has scannned the ENTIRE 100 page issue of the 1979 Johnson Smith Catalog and you can access it immediately at this URL!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chinesejetpilot/sets/72157594402746070/?page=2

Go there now...you'll DEFINITELY love it!

If any of you out there have any information like this too, please don't hold back...let us know in the Comments section.

That's all for now!All My Best!

Forrest Flanders

OLD Catalog Scans!...1921 Wards MidWinterSale Catalog & a 1960 Crooked Gambling Supplies Catalog!...

Fri, 15 Mar 2008 16:01:30 GMT

posted by oddbiz

From the 1921 Montgomery Ward MidWinter Sale Catalog

Hello!...

Forrest Flanders here again for OLD CATALOGS.

I’ve been busy for the past week with catalog scans.

II’ve just uploaded a scan of a 1960 Crooked Gambling Supply House catalog (the K.C. Card Co. of Chicago) to Flickr…It’s a scan of the entire 77 page catalog…I think you’ll find it fascinating!...You can access it at this URL: http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/

The 2^nd item is a “camera scan” of the 1921 Wards MidWinter Sale Book…

http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/

But, first, a word of explanation…

Why do I do “camera scans”?

The main reason I do them is that I don’t want to damage the original copy of an item.

in order to scan an item on a regular scanner you have to mutilate the original by taking it apart at the binding (spine) so as to create single flat pages…

I get around this by camera scanning items…Sure, some copy is, sometimes, lost in the center or “gutter area”, but it still allows for a reasonably good reproduction, plus there are added benefits.

One of these benefits is that you can get some of the ambience of reading the catalog live (in a virtual way) when you view close-up camera shots of a catalog as opposed to the somewhat clinical viewing provided by scanner shots…While some of these camera shots aren’t always perfect, they are, for the most part, acceptable.…By the way, related to this idea, there is a new web site based on this concept , still in Beta, that allows you the actual virtual experience of reading a classic book live on your screen complete with flipping pages…I’m sorry, but for the moment their name escapes me.

Back to the 1921 Wards MidWinter Sale catalog…

While scanning this catalog I came across some really interesting things, but the highlight of this catalog has got to be an INCREDIBLE item that appears on page 59 of the catalog!:

The GASOLINE IRON!!

REMARKABLE!

In any event, you can access my camera scan of the 1921 Wards Winter sale catalog at this URL:

http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/

While you’re checking out the catalog, take a look at page 91…Did you know that Wards sold Government Surplus!?...It’s on this page(91) including a regulation General McClellan Army Saddle!

That’s it for this this post, but stay tuned as I’m busy scanning more catalogs including an interesting novelty catalog…

Old CatalogScan!...Scarce 1935 Johnson Smith Co. Supplemental Catalog Issue!

Mon, 22 Apr 2008 20:05:49 GMT

posted by oddbiz

Hello everybody!...

This week I “camera scanned“ a 1935 Johnson Smith & Co. Supplemental Catalog…This was their last year in the Racine, Wisconsin location…It’s written like a newsletter with “Vol.1 No.9” appearing on the front cover together with the date “Feb., 1935”… .,..The catalog runs 48 full-sized pages measuring 7 ½” X 10” !...That’s about double the size of their regular catalog issues (which normally measure approx. 5” X 8”).

I originally wrote this catalog up in a detailed post on February 8, 2008 (you can access this post through the URL listed below)…it’s one of my favorite Johnson Smith Co. catalog issues!...for many reasons!!...

...So, be sure to read my detailed review of this catalog on my 2-08-2008 at this URL:

http://forrestflanderscentral.typepad.com/old_catalogs/2008/02/one-of-my-most.html

What do I mean by “…many reasons”?

Well…one of the nicest things about this catalog is the size of the ads…It’s really unusual to see a full-page ad for the Joy Buzzer, especially an 8 X 10 page ad!...Then there’s a full-page ad for the Johnson Smith Pea-Matic Revolver Gun…a really unusual thing…Many other standard Johnson Smith items like the Whoopee Cushion also appear in larger ads…And, there’s a nice full-page ad for their regular 1935 catalog…Take a look for yourself at the scan.

Another interesting part about this catalog issue are the little “editorial articles” that are interspersed throughout the catalog.

There’s an article about chameleons followed by an ad selling them…Then an article on Horned Toads followed by an ad selling them for 25 cents…Then there’s an article carrying the story that a Police car was “bombed”, but the “bombing” later turned out to be a prank…It was a Johnson Smith Auto Scare Bomb…The ad for this novelty appears on the same page…What a great creative promotional technique this is!...There are more of these little articles throughout including one about how the “Joy Buzzer” novelty was used in an MGM movie film!

To access my “camera scan” of the complete 48 page catalog, just go to this URL:

http://flickr.com/photos/oldcatalogs/sets/72157604630668819/

Enjoy!...This has been Forrest Flanders for OLD CATALOGS!