Author: WOODWARD STORES LIMITED; WATT, ROBERT D. (INTRODUCTION)
Title: The Shopping Guide of the West - Woodward's Catalogue, 1898-1953
Description: Vancouver, British Columbia: J. J. Douglas Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0888941595. Illustrated by Legue, Nancy. "For more than fifty years after its beginnings in 1898, Western Canada's largest department store chain, Woodward's, published mail order catalogues. The drawings, photos and advertising copy in these catalogues provide a fascinating and nostalgic record of the changes that have taken place in fashions, furniture, tools, toys, pharmaceuticals, books, music - all the necessities and some of the luxuries of western lfe. Through their pages are glimpses of the ways of the loggers, farmers, miners, clerks, tradesmen, professional men - and their families - in the camps, villages and cities of British Columbia and Alberta. A light-hearted text by Robert Watt, Head of the Vancouver Centennial Museum, borrows from the whole range of catalogue drawings and copy to illustrate the changes taking place over the years. Two complete catalogues - 1912 and 1929 are reproduced in facsimile." - back cover. xxviii, [4], 160, [7], 171, [4] pp. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average external wear with several short tape repairs to front cover. A worthy copy of this delightful trip down memory lane!; Cover Design; 4to. Fair .

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