As much as I don’t like to travel on the wayback machine, I still have a soft spot for olden-day Sears catalogs. As children, we looked forward to them every year and they supplied most of our (me and my brothers) Christmas presents.
One of my most prize possessions is a book, “The Golden Treasury of Natural History,” given to me in 1958 and signed by my mother. I had already checked the book out of the library and was thrilled to receive it as a Christmas present. Just inside the cover is the only sample of my mother’s handwriting that I have.
Also got lots of toy soldiers to wage imaginary war with my cousin. Nobody ever won.
Wonder if you can still purchase The Wish Book, Sears catalog? Spent many an hour wishing in that book.