A special surprise

[thunderw21]

1943-1944 Fall/Winter Sears, Roebuck suit catalog

A recent find. Complete with original material swatches.

It took me all night to get these scanned and posted onto here, so enjoy them! This is the highest resolution I could get, hopefully they are good enough for y'all to read.



Cover-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/001-3.jpg
P. 2-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/002-2.jpg
P. 3-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/003-3.jpg
P. 4-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/004-2.jpg
P. 5-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/005-1.jpg
P. 6-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/006-3.jpg
P. 7-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/007-2.jpg
P. 8-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/008-2.jpg
P. 9-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/009-1.jpg
P. 10-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/010-1.jpg
P. 11-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/011-1.jpg
P. 12-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/012.jpg
P. 13-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/013-2.jpg
P. 14-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/014.jpg
Order form 1-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/015.jpg
Order form 2-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/016-2.jpg
P. 15-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/017.jpg
Back cover-http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/thunderw21/018-1.jpg

Cheers,
Billy

 

[Matt Deckard]

Hujabahenabuhha


You do know we have rules against porn

One sec i'll say more

 

[thunderw21]

Hujabahenabuhha


You do know we have rules against porn

Sorry, didn't know. I'll remove them as soon as possible.

 

[resortes805]

The Coronet....yeah!

 

[Sefton]

The Coronet....yeah!

My thoughts exactly. I'm take five pairs of those "perfect fit" trousers,too. :eusa_clap

 

[thunderw21]

One of my favorite things in this book is the original owner's scribblings.

Like on page 12 he wants to be a big spender and get a 3-piece suit and extra trou for $50.50!

Another thing that surprised me was the almost total lack of cloth rationing. The only rationing I could find was that the trousers seem to lack pleats (though there could be a stylistic reason for this rather than a rationing one) and the comments under trouser style 626 on page 15:
"...in keeping with government regulations based on seat measurements..."


Imagine, having government regulations getting into one's trousers!

 

[Riley Dee]

Wow!

Thank you for that Thunderw21. :eusa_clap

 

[The Wolf]

Thanks for going through the effort to share your great find with us.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[GI Joe]

Thank you for all the work in posting these images. They are a fascinating look into the every-man styles of the '40s.

 

[AdmiralTofu]

Quick!!! Somebody give me a time machine and three or four hundred bucks in 1943 currency! NOW!!



This is just wonderful -- thanks for sharing! Would I be jumping the gun a bit to suggest this be stickied, or at least added to the "Great threads" thread?

-Tofu

 

[Dagwood]

Hujabahenabuhha

Well said.