Would spend hours circling and putting my initials next to all the things i liked. Vintage simpsons sears 1976 christmas wish book catalog. Sears catalog celebrating the 50th edition of our holiday wish book, wrap up a beautiful christmas at sears 1982. Vintage simpsons sears 1976 christmas wish book catalog toronto canada m361previously owned item, not in brand new condition. Star wars is still wellrepresented in the wish book app, but the changes are unavoidable. The sears wish book was a popular christmas gift catalog released by sears holdings corporation, annually in august or september. Some pages are black and white while others are color. From then on, the wish book catalog covers regularly featured children, santa claus, and christmas trees. A pagebypage video of the 1970 sears wish book christmas catalog. When i think back on the most affecting literature i read in my youth, the 1976 sears christmas wish book instantly comes to mind.
Start shopping to get cashback in points on every pur. Prior to 1933, sears customers often affectionately referred to the large, semiannual, general catalogs sears issued as the wish book or book of wishes. After 1933, the wish book name became synonymous with the annual christmas book catalog. Details about vtg sears wish book for the 1976 christmas. Vintage 1976 sears christmas wishbook catalog on usb drive see pictures. The catalog contains toys and other holidayrelated merchandise. Ive been looking to get a copy of the 1976 wishbook in. This video was created by personally scanned images of a catalog that.
The first sears christmas book, in 1933, was a modest 87 pages. The characters bigscreen debut came in the 1980 movie the empire strikes back. 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. For kids and even adults the sears catalog has always been about wish fulfillment. For desktop browsers without flash, you will be directed to a strippeddown, imageonly version of the catalogs that lacks the textsearch feature. I would sit for hours looking through the sears catalogue.
Please enjoy the new format and if you have any feedback, feel free to let us know via email or leave a comment. Dec 08, 2006 im sure the catalog was a wish come true for parents too, as they could do most of their christmas shopping from home and it was nice to have hours of peace and quiet when the children were in a sears trance lost in the book. During the month of december kids across america were flipping feverishly through. I was going to go over the contents of the 1980 sears wish book and also survey what was on tv during the week of christmas, using the tv guide from that time. For mobile users, you will be directed to a stripped down, lessanimated edition while retaining the ability to textsearch. The first sears wish book was printed in 1933, and published in 1934. Im sure the catalog was a wish come true for parents too, as they could do most of their christmas shopping from home and it was nice to have hours of peace and quiet when the children were in a sears trance lost in the book. My brother and i would spend hours every year going through the. Sears carried every kind of product, for most every kind of consumer, and their catalog was an exhaustive list of all of. For a while now, ive been dying to get my hands on an old sears or jc penney catalog from the 1970s.
Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. Its the holiday season, so what better time to dive into a vintage sears christmas catalog. Dec 23, 2016 the 1976 sears wish book seemed to imply that professional football was the only significant spectator sport in america, and apart from a brief inventory of major league baseballteam wristwatches listed beneath larger photos of nflteam watches on p. Of special interest to star wars fans was the boba fett figure available on page 619. Payment is do 7days after end of auction or will be relisted and a negative feed back will be left. If you would like any more pictures, please let me know. Dec 12, 2014 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.
Dec 21, 2011 this edition of resurrecting the past was originally going to be resurrecting the past. Sears carried every kind of product, for most every kind of consumer, and their catalog was an exhaustive list of all of it. A pagebypage video of the 1976 sears wish book christmas catalog. Its midmarch and im so excited to announce that today, no less than eleven new catalogs have been added to wishbookweb.
Silvertone world sears wish book pages 19371975 page 3. Excellent resource for vintage ads or 1970s consumer research. But it has returned now as a moderately fastloading app. It appears there may be a coffee stain on back cover please see photo. If you have any christmas books i do not have listed here, please get in contact with me and we can post the images here to round out this collection. Vtg sears wish book for the 1976 christmas season batman. Heres some pages out the 1976 sears wish book that are fun to look and laugh at. The next year sears started a tradition by putting colorful, warm christmas scenes on the cover. Nov 02, 2017 its midmarch and im so excited to announce that today, no less than eleven new catalogs have been added to wishbookweb. Star wars toys and electronic games filled the pages of the 1979 sears wish book. If you were like me, this book defined the christmas season.
Nov 9, 20 sears 1976 christmas catalog vintage christmas catalogs. This interactive publication is created with flippingbook, a service for streaming pdfs online. The sears catalog and the name wish book were closely linked over the years. Slight wear, slight soiling, dog eared corners, kinks, creases, slight tears, slight edge wear, spine creases. They also received new dishes, baby dolls and buggies for each one. Dec 23, 2012 sears christmas wish book the yr chris was born, remember this book sears christmas wish book 1974 this catalog and toys r us could change your life at christmas time. Christmas 1980, as the photo above sort of illustrates.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Every year sears put out a massive catalog, known as the sears wish book. Clicking on any of the graphical catalog panels below will open up a new window containing the selected catalog navigation. This year 1973 was the year santa brought our daughters the big gold kitchen set. In 1982, a currier and ives print graced the cover. Mar 31, 2014 the wish book disappeared for many years once sears, and the economy, went alderaan. Sears catalog, wish book for the 1979 holiday season the. George, there are some pictures of radio kits you will love this sears wish book featured dennis the menace all thru the whole catalog. May 28, 2009 were starting a new series here at project absurd dedicated to the sears christmas wish book of 1976.
Sears wishbook 1976 childhood, my childhood, childhood. Sears christmas wish book couldnt wait for the wish book to arrive each each year. It offered fruitcakes and mickey mouse watches and live canaries. Were starting a new series here at project absurd dedicated to the sears christmas wish book of 1976. Clicking on any of the graphical catalog panels below will open up a new window containing the selected catalog navigation screen. The 1976 sears wish book seemed to imply that professional football was the only significant spectator sport in america, and apart from a brief inventory of major league baseballteam wristwatches listed beneath larger photos of nflteam watches on p. Sears christmas wish book 1976 part 1 project absurd.
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