| #1021304 in Books | Skyhorse Publishing | 2008-04-17 | Format: Facsimile | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.50 x8.50 x8.50l,2.66 | File type: PDF | 656 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Hours of Entertainment|By Kindle Customer|While I can honestly say the Sears Roebuck catalogues are my favorite, this Montgomery Ward catalogue is no slouch! It doesn't have the same number of goods as the Sears Catalogue and it might be slightly too heavy on clothing goods, but this catalogue is filled with entertaining descriptions of all manner of goods from the end of the 1||Nearly every page of the telephone-book-sized 1895 Montgomery Ward & Co. catalogue, reprinted in an unabridged facsimile edition by Skyhorse Publishing, is a nostalgist's dream....Hours of fascination. -- The New Yorker|Abou
"Our mail order methods meet many wants," wrote a poetic but anonymous copywriter on a page of the 1895 Montgomery Ward & Co. catalogue. He had a gift for understatement. At its zenith from the 1880s to the 1940s, Montgomery Ward, like its cross-town Chicago rival, Sears, sold virtually everything the average American could think of or desire—and by mail. This was a revolution, and Ward's fired the first shot. To buy spittoons, books of gospel hymns, hat p...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyers' Guide 1895 | Montgomery Ward & Co.. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
