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This bargain priced collection of
Eaton's Department Store catalogues
features bumper catalogue editions, each
comprising many hundreds of fully
illustrated and priced merchandise
pages.
 All
types of department store goods are
included, from men's, women's and
children's fashions of all kinds of day,
evening or under wear during the late
Victorian and Edwardian periods through
to toys, furnishings and hardware, even
horse drawn carriages are included in
the very comprehensive inventory.
The catalogues are presented in Adobe .pdf
file format
 for
ease of reading with the Adobe Reader
(pre-installed on most computers but
downloadable free otherwise in either
Mac or Windows formats from the Adobe
web site.
The Reader allows for all the thousands
of important illustrations to be
included, as opposed to the text-only
versions sometimes offered for sale on
eBay.
Eaton's was the famous Canadian
department store during the turn of the
last Century and these rare preserved
catalogues from the period offer a
fascinating insight into everyday life
and fashion of the Victorians
 and
Edwardians. The low prices the goods are
offered at are also an amusing eye
opener!
Issues included are (sometimes two
season's catalogues are bound into one
giant volume) 1894, 1899-1900, 1906-7,
1907, 1909-10, 1913-14, 1916-17,
1917-18, and 1920-21.
BONUS
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We are also including for added interest
a bumper edition of the fully
illustrated Simpson's Department Store
Catalogue for the years 1918-19.
Hundreds of pages of fascinating
merchandise!
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Department Store Catalogues
The overall
collection is for personal use across a
wide range of arts and graphics projects
of all kinds, or simply for your viewing
pleasure. A wonderfully nostalgic collection
and a real treat for the eyes.
