Friday, August 18, 2023

Mail Order Catalogs to Online Shopping

The Wards Catalog you see here is from the year I graduated from high school, 1973. It is for sale on eBay and you can check out the listing by clicking on this (affiliate) link. At that time in my life, I probably would have been waiting for it or the Sears catalog to show up at our house. Those catalogs were huge and offered several thousand items for sale. I would have spent days going through it page by page and dreaming about what I could buy.

 I don't remember ever buying much from catalogs, maybe because money earned from babysitting didn't go very far, but I remember dreaming about the lovely wardrobe I could have. The catalog made it easy with all the options of style, size and color laid out in clear photographs for you. It wasn't just clothing either. You could get household goods, fabric, toys, tools and so much more. The fall/winter catalogs were the best with all the holiday items in them! These two companies, Wards and Sears were the Amazon of their day. Gone now, both of them, lost to a changing world and retail environment where some of the best things still come by mail but the paper catalog is gone.

Is there a reason why I am taking this quick browse through those memories this morning? Yes, dear reader, there is. As with most days I sat down with my first cup of coffee and went to the National Day Calendar website and found out that today, August 18th, is Mail Order Catalog Day and I wanted to let you know that. 

My question for you today is this, do you get that same dreamy feeling scrolling all the big sites have to offer like you did when turning from page to page of a very large catalog and maybe marking the things you would like to have?

Back with more again soon. 
Take care and stay cozy! 

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If you shop on Amazon, eBay or Zazzle you can use the affiliate links below if you wish. I could earn a bit from qualified purchases and that means more yarn for me and many thanks to you! 
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