Sunday, February 3, 2013

Wow, what cool old toys and prices!


Robert:

I ran across a fun and interesting web site that has scanned in old Sears, Spiegels, Wards, and Lord and Taylor catalogs from 1933 forward. Amazingly fun to browse through.

 http://wishbookweb.com/

And can you even imagine these prices! Incredible. Click the link above or below to see the pages in great clarity.

We all know that inflation has demolished the USD's purchasing power. Nonetheless, this really drives it home. Of course, wages were commensurately low, so it balances out to a certain extent. 





Naturally, I went straight to the toy train pages!



http://wishbookweb.com/


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  1. UnknownFebruary 3, 2013 at 1:01 PM

    That brings back memories! I remember spending hours and hours leafing through the Speigel catalog.

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