The grocery store we know of today are descended from trading posts, which sold not only food but clothing, household items, tools, furniture, and other miscellaneous merchandise. These trading posts evolved into larger retail businesses known as general stores. Mailorder was a popular means of merchandise distribution in the early 1900's, some of the larger department stores such as Sears, Eatons and Montgomery ward offered various products both in their retail stores, but also via mail order.

While these facilities generally dealt only in dry goods such as flour, dry beans, baking soda, and canned foods. You could also find a few luxury items like tobacco products and even engine oil in some of these catalogs. All items easily shippable by mail or rail transport.

This DVD republication contains a collection of vintage grocery catalogs & publications on one easy to browse DVD. A wonderful historical reference, pricing, unusual and unique products, brand names not in exsistance today, you will be able t easily enjoy hundreds of pages of information and vintage graphics right from your computer.

You receive eleven {11} vintage titles:

:: 1903 Good Eating Magazine Magazine ~ 66 pages.

:: 1904 The Fair Grocery Price List ~ 71 pages.

:: 1911 Peebles Magazine ~ May ~ 67 pages.

:: 1911 Peebles Magazine ~ August ~ 77 pages.

:: 1911 Peebles Magazine ~ October ~ 66 pages.

:: 1916 Montgomery Ward Catalog ~ 84 pages.

:: 1916 Park & Tilfords ~ 100 pages.

:: 1917 Eatons Grocery Catalog ~ 28 pages.

:: 1919 Sears Grocery Catalog ~ 68 pages.

:: 1938 The Progressive Grocer ~ April - 192 pages.

:: 1938 The Progressive Grocer ~ August - 156 pages.

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