Trade catalogs and salesmen's sample books, ca.1865-ca.1910.

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Trade catalogs and salesmen's sample books, ca.1865-ca.1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/770378174

The collection includes trade catalogs and sample books for bicycles, calendars, calling cards, Christmas decorations and other Christmas items, clothing, corsets, decals, fretwork items, gifts, glassware, greeting cards (Christmas and Valentines), guns, hats, horse blankets, household linens, lace, phonograph players, assorted printed items (especially lithographs), scrap, seeds and fruit trees, shoes, silver-plated wares, sleds, stationery, Sunday School supplies, toys and games, and typewriters. A Montgomery Ward catalog from 1897 shows what a large mail-order store supplied at the end of the 19th century. Two lace catalogs include actual samples, not just pictures of the lace. There are several folders with samples of calling cards. Some of the catalogs merely list what was offered for sale and do not include pictures.

8 drawers : ill.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8185590

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Montgomery Ward

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Montgomery Ward, the world's first general merchandise mail-order business, issued its first single sheet catalog in 1872. By 1887, the Chicago based company had annual sales exceeding $1,000,000 and in 1889 it became a privately held corporation. In 1893, founder Aaron Montgomery Ward sold his controlling interest to partner George R. Thorne, and the company became a public corporation in 1919. In 1931, Sewell L. Avery became chairman and chief executive officer. His te...

Grossman, John.

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John Grossman was a graphic artist living in California when he began to collect ephemera. He was attracted by the colorful images produced by chromolithography. From the description of Trade catalogs and salesmen's sample books, ca.1865-ca.1910. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 770378174 ...