So in that grand tradition, lets take a trip back in time to 1986 and revisit the pages of that years wish book, and make a. Sears wish book made wishes come true for generations. Page 421 of the 1966 sears christmas catalog included a ted williams glove and book. The arrival of the sears wishbook and jc penney christmas catalog. Sears published its last generalinterest mailorder catalog in 1993, and began to scale back its christmas wish book around the same time. Shipping will be after 929 if auction runs the full length as im going on vacation. Here on page 251 of the sears 1969 christmas wish book is something i wanted in the worst way as a kid, but my parents could not afford to buy me a minibike. In 1968, sears made it official by renaming the christmas book catalog the wish book.
The catalog contained toys and other holidayrelated merchandise. Christmas catalogs are excellent books for products available in 1969, catalog in good preowned. The 1933 christmas book catalog cover illustrated some of the featured items in the catalog. It will be interesting to compare this one with the u. Growing up in the 1970s the christmas season always began with the arrival of the sears wishbook in the mail. This auction is for a 1966 sears christmas catalog wish book this catalog is in very good condition given that is 42 years old. Though sears was first to market with its trademark wishbook holiday catalog in the. This interactive publication is created with flippingbook, a service for streaming pdfs online. Please enjoy the new format and if you have any feedback. This is the gorgeous cover for the 1966 sears christmas catalog. In 1982, a currier and ives print graced the cover. The pages themselves are in good shape and i looked through it pretty well and didnt see any pages missing or markings.
Here is the 1967 montgomery ward christmas catalog, the 1969 montgomery ward christmas catalog and the 1969 sears christmas wish book. Check it out if you want to see the contents, and happy holidays. It, along with other oversized glossy catalogs, came to american households every year heralding the christmas buying season and giving children plenty of images to fantasize over. Silvertone world sears wish book pages 19371975 page 4. All of our new 2x3 magnets are made in the usa with high quality metal backs, plastic and mylar. Walk with us down christmas street with this611 page colorful, collectible sears catalog. How charming are these wonderful old pictures of a wonderful decade. Each year, children would pore over its pages, dogearing corners in hopes that santa might notice and decide to leave their favorite toys under the tree. Heres a 1979 canadian sears christmas wish book catalog. A pagebypage video of the 1966 sears wish book christmas catalog. Sears catalog celebrating the 50th edition of our holiday wish book, wrap up a beautiful christmas at sears 1982 by no author listed jan 1, 1982 3. Also added the pages that were missing from the 1964 sears book there.
Prior to 1933, sears customers often affectionately referred to the large, semiannual, general catalogs sears issued as the wish book or book of wishes. With the entire 1960 sears christmas wish book scanned into a large pdf file for. The sears catalog and the name wish book were closely linked over the years. Id spend days on end pouring over all of that years offerings and circling all the cool stuff i wanted. For decades wish books played a significant role for. See more ideas about christmas catalogs, christmas and shetland wool. Up for auction is a 1966 sears christmas wish book catalog. From then on, the wish book catalog covers regularly featured children, santa claus, and christmas trees. Sear christmas wish book 1966 fridge magnet 2 x 3 art. The sears wish book was a popular christmasthemed catalog released annually by the american department store chain sears in august or september. In the days before gender neutrality, girls thoughts turned to mrs. The wish book name was well established by 1977, when the polyester slacks for men were cut with a popular flared leg, and the sears version of the atari 2600 home video game console boasted. Silvertone world sears wish book pages 19371975 page 7. For sale is a used, but very good condition 1966 sears christmas catalog.
George, there are some pictures of radio kits you will love this sears wish book featured dennis the menace all thru the whole catalog. The next year sears started a tradition by putting colorful, warm christmas scenes on the cover. Up for consideration is this 1969 sears christmas bookfor the christmas season. The christmas wish book the beatles on ed sullivan 1964. After 1933, the wish book name became synonymous with the annual christmas book catalog. This catalog has a lot of color pictures and has some of the classic 1960s toys including gumby and pokey, pedal cars, gi joe, lost in space and many more. Sears carried every kind of product, for most every kind of consumer, and their catalog was an exhaustive list of all of it. Though sears was first to market with its trademark wishbook holiday catalog in the 1930s, by the 1960s other catalog retailers were publishing. Find sears christmas catalog and montgomery ward christmas catalog from a vast selection of catalogs. This sears christmas was the most important one to me in the world.
This wonderful vintage catalog contains 637 pages filled with christmas treasures from the 1960s. The leaves of grass of latetwentiethcentury commerce. Stuff i want from the 1986 sears christmas wish book. The sears christmas book, fondly known as the wish book, got its start in 1933 and quickly became a holiday staple for many american families. All site search website information christmas server time. Start shopping to get cashback in points on every purchase. Clicking on any of the graphical catalog panels below will open up a new window containing the selected catalog navigation screen. Toy guns were very popular, and in 1966 sears dedicated. The front cover has a little bottom tearing and turning up of the edges.
Shipping will be after 929 if auction runs the full length. To anyone born before the mid1980s, the term wishbook or christmas catalog probably has special meaning. Just added this whole catalog, and the 1984 wards to the. But as it is, these guitars were offered in the sears roebuck wish book.
If you were like me, this book defined the christmas season. Illustrated below are the front covers of the 1966 eatons and the 1966 simpsons sears christmas catalogues. A pagebypage video of the 1970 sears wish book christmas catalog. The vintage christmas catalog archive the catalogs. Make offer 1990 sears wish book the great american christmas catalogbiggest wishbook ever. Id take the catalog, lay down on the floor in the front living room, so. Thats because back then, the annual sears christmas wish book would arrive in the mail in midoctober. My vintage items are sold as is so please ask questions before purchasing. I was 4 turning 5 on christmas day of that year and tore out the advertisement of the new tressy doll with hair and makeup changes. This video was created by personally scanned images of a catalog that. Unfollow 1966 sears catalogue to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The 1991 sears wishbook comes in at a whopping 806 pages, by far the largest of the christmas catalogs currently found on the site.
By 1966 baseball icon ted williams had been away from playing in the big leagues for a few seasons but had a number of years already logged with sears. Marx bendleg stony smith, marx johnny west, chief cherokee and. When the annual sears wish book arrived, you knew christmas was right around the corner. Sears canadas wish book gone with the retail giant, but. By 2005 the wish book had been effectively discontinued, and while sears has maintained an online version at since 1998, it in no way evokes the self. Straight out of the sears catalog are all of these silvertone instruments. The two hollow bodies and the two solidbody guitar on the lower right were made by harmony guitars. Sears 1966 christmas catalog page 624 vintage dolls.