Long before ecommerce transformed our purchasing experiences, retail catalogs informed and entertained shoppers. From the ...

From hairstyles to music, nearly everything about the ’80s was louder and bolder than today — and that included holidays.

The Minnesota Seedswomen traveling exhibit is on display at the New Ulm Public Library through Jan. 26, highlighting the work ...

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Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term “mail-order bride” was treated as a punch line – something outdated, ...

Looking to buy a nose hair trimmer, wearable neck air conditioner or holographic fish tank from the always quirky Hammacher Schlemmer catalog? Time may be running out. Last week, the Chicago company ...

What was once one of the most popular ways of shopping is remembered each year on August 18th as it is National Mail Order Catalog Day. 1498 – Aldus Pius Manutius publishes the first catalog ever.

Sears sold mail-order kit homes from 1908 to 1942, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. Few Sears kit homes were sold in Florida, likely due to shipping logistics and the homes' ...

The concept of mail-order brides is something of a mystery to most of us. A product fiction of days gone by that no longer exists in our modern world. For some, though, it’s their reality. In fact, ...

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

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