It's the Eaton's Catalogue Again

My post from earlier in the week on household items from the Eaton's catalogue was quite popular, just like any of my other catalogue posts I've done, just in case you want to catch up, here it is. Today I'm going to share some ladies' fashions with you - I'll say it again, this is the best catalogue I've found yet - there is just so much retro goodness in it and every model is just so happy and smiling, they don't often seem to look like that now....

These pictures were at the very front of the catalogue - to set the winter theme, I guess.

It says this picture was shot on the ski slopes at Sunshine Village, Banff.  The most expensive item on this page is the $25 red jacket - pure wool, of course.  I like those red boots - made of glove leather, shearling inside and foam crepe rubber soles.

This one was photographed "on the curling rink at Rossmere Golf and Country Club, Winnipeg" - no one is wearing clothes like this anymore while curling.  Aren't they a fashionable trio?

"Slim or bouffant, bare armed or demurely covered up - this is your After-five Sophistication" - look at the waists on these gals!!

I just love every dress - don't you??  

These were available in Juniors sizes - gloves were also available as well as the jewellery.  The dresses are just so cheap - that little plaid number was only $8.96.

The purple mohair type slim skirt took my eye because Mom had a green one like that and Carla has it now!  Once again, look at the waists on those girls!!  The jeans don't look so different from today's fashions.

My Barbie had a coat very similiar to the one on the top left - it was home made and the same colour with a fur collar too.  But, it wasn't mink like these!!!

Furs were also available to order - Persian Lamb, Canadian Mink, China Mink or Japanese Coney(dyed and blended rabbit) - my grandmother had a fur coat, I think that's the only person I ever knew with one.

I'm including this pic because even though I was a little girl in 1961 I remember having those brown boots with the silver buckle - they sure weren't pretty but everybody had them!

Purses and matching footwear - notice that every pair is sanitized!  

Just like some of my other catalogues, there are a lot of hat pages, this one has seven pages - love the hats!

 

I remember seeing slips like this in Mom's drawer - and look at that crinoline!

You'd be pretty toasty in that red robe on the left - it was made of all wool Scottish flannel - and it could only be dry cleaned!!  It's the most expensive one - $18.99

Join the Pajama Party!  Even the pajamas look fashionable!

This would have been my favourite page in the whole book, I loved brides.  I used to cut all the brides out of the newspaper and kept them in a shoe box.  My friends and I would go to any wedding, stand outside and collect the confetti that was thrown.  One time I threw all my collected confetti on Dad's car and it rained, he was not happy with me!!!

Maternity wear was loose and comfortable - not form fitting like it is now!  Call me old fashioned, I guess - I like this look!

Practical uniforms - of course, the nurses' uniforms were only available in white!

It was really hard to narrow it down, there are just so many great pages - stay tuned - mens' and childrens' fashions are coming and also some more household pages.

Today I'm linking up with Thriftasaurus, Junkin Joe and for the first time - Inspired Sunday

Flashbacks from the Eaton's Catalogue, 1961

I said I would be sharing some pages from my Eaton's Fall and Winter Catalogue from 1961-62 that I found on the weekend so here it goes.  These posts are very popular for me - I've done a couple more with other catalogues that I've found, if you missed them, click here and here - they're fun posts to do. 

 

This is just going to be random, pictures that took my eye, in no particular order, I'll do fashion ones later.   Click on any pic and you can see it close up.   You could buy just about anything from the catalogue back then...

You could even buy a canary or a budgie - for $10.97.  Live birds were only shipped to prepaid express stations, arriving Tuesday to Friday - can you imagine getting a bird in the mail?

A tiara must have been sort of popular back in the early 60's  - I never knew anybody with one,d id you?  The most expensive one was $2.93 - came with plastic combs to keep it secure.

This would be a heavy parcel arriving - shingles for your house!

A pink bathroom, in all its glory!! The whole set including tub, basin, and toilet was $177.77 - it was also available in blue, green, sun tan and white.

Even the ironing boards were colourful back then.  Mom had one for years that looked just like the yellow one.

More pretty turquoise and pink - did you know that the canister sets and bread box together was called a pantry set?  You could buy the canister set in chromium plated or stainless steal, for a difference of $2.

This is the first catalogue I've found that has Pyrex in it.  Oh, my goodness, the prices - the Butterprint Cinderella's were $7.50, the original mixing bowl set was $5.95.  The Butterprint Fridgie Set was $5.95 - no pattern name is specified on anything, just the colour.  It says they were guaranteed two full years against heat breakage - to think we're still using those same pieces that were bought way back then..

The striped blanket in the middle must have been Eaton's duplicate of the famous Hudson Bay blanket, this one was called "Trapper Point".  Everything was just so colorful - more pinks and turquoise.

Didn't everybody have a Mary Maxim sweater knitted by Mom?  The wool was $1.10 a skein and the pattern was 25 cents.

I bet a lot of young boys were supporting their Leafs or Canadiens in those sweaters.  Take a look at the hockey equipment, pretty basic, compared to the way it looks now

Look at that old Noxzema jar!!  The 4 oz jar cost 93 cents, the larger 14 oz jar was $1.89.  I remember Mom had Evening in Paris perfume in a blue bottle, here you could order the Talc.

The "Pony Tail" Charmers took my eye here - for travel, for school.  There's the train case, overnight case, hat box and school bag - I want them!!  The Deskette Set consisted of envelopes, writing paper, and blotter - I want this too!!!

 

Some one left their list inside - the back is covered in calculations - I wonder if she ordered all these things. ..

I love these old catalogues  - I won't be happy though until I find an old Christmas one!

I'm linking up today with Share Your Cup Thursday , Vintage Thingie Thursday and Thrifty Things Friday

I Came Home with This

We headed to Michigan for the weekend - left Saturday morning and got back last night - we saw lots and bought a few neat things.  Before we were even out of Ontario we were stopping at places along the road - I love those unexpected finds.  I hoped that I would find a special piece of Pyrex, meaning a Christmas piece, but there was nothing - and I'm at the point in my collection where I don't need and want much!!

I'm going to start off with my Vera finds - I was so happy to come home with seven new scarves - we stopped at a shop along the way, a lady had a couple of tables, the first thing I spotted was a basket of scarves - oh, happy day - I hauled out four - that's the four on the left.  The other three I found yesterday at an antique mall in Michigan - my price usually for scarves is $2, maybe $2 - I went all out and spent $8 on the tire scarf - I knew it was an earlier Vera - probably from the early 1950's, it's made of pure parachute silk - it sells online for $52, I'm so glad I splurged!  And look at this little "tie scarf" - it's another different one for me -  it's called "moon and star" - I think you would cross the scarf and fasten it with a scarf pin.  

Gary bought this old match box and also the wooden checkers.  These bingo cards are like the ones I used to use when I'd go play bingo with my grandmother - $1 for three.  As always, click on any pic for a closer look.

Mom used to have a set of these but they were bigger and they made a noise when you turned them over - these aren't the same but I guess that's why I was taken with them.

This is probably the best old catalogue that I've found - it's in great shape and there's a ton of fun things in it that I'm going to share with you on future posts - it's from 1961 - stay tuned for some vintage Pyrex from it and lots of great household items and vintage fashions.

Everything else I bought is Christmas - nothing big but cute things, none the less.  There were a number of these Christmas card booklets - they were all pristine and never used - copyright 1946 - they're sweet!

Gary spotted these - Noel Matches - I've never seen anything like this before.  There's ten little match boxes inside each decorated with " gay holiday ornaments"

I finished it off with this tabletop candle - I stopped at Value Village before we crossed the border, hoping for a scarf or two, none but I came out with this.

It's so fun to get away and find new places to explore - we had a great time!!

Check out these great link up parties - Junkin Joe, The Nifty Thrifty and Thriftasaurus

Catching Up..

I haven't  written a blog post in a week - we were in Toronto last weekend and heading to Michigan this weekend, so I better get caught up.  I've been on a berry picking frenzy - I went picking blueberries again this week, that is 6 litres I've picked - they are just so plentiful this year - and they're so good!  Yesterday I picked raspberries, I have to say, that is my least favourite berry to pick - the lady put me in not a great row - it was hard work - I probably picked more than I needed to because I ended up being able to make two batches of jam.  Raspberry jam will be the one I'll be sharing this year..

I was bagging up my blueberries for the freezer and I took a notion to make blueberry muffins - I used a recipe on All Recipes - I've never tried it before but judging by the look and aroma of them - they're going to be good.

We went to Toronto last weekend - Carla was running the 20 k in the Beaches Jazz Tune Up Fun Run - but, that wasn't until Sunday - on Saturday, Carla and I took off for St. Jacobs, we toured the farmers market and then hit the antique markets - sadly, purchases were just about non existent.  We had a great day though, because all the men folk were off at the Canadian Open Golf Tournament!  

Have you ever seen a spoon bracelet?  I didn't have any purchases at this one particular shop - these bracelets were in a bowl at the cash, I bought one for myself and one for Carla, it's her birthday next week.  The tag on it read Grosevnor, 1921, I think it's so neat and it has a magnetic clasp which I like, it's a really unique bracelet!  Excuse the picture, it's not the best, but I just can't take another one!!

Do you ever feel that you go away and you don't take enough pictures, that happened this weekend, I took my good camera with me but it never moved from the trunk, I just took a few with my phone.  I plan to do better this weekend!

How's that for a giant zucchini?  I love fresh Ontario peaches!  We went to Freelton, that's where I purchased these next times.  We also split the sweetest box of vintage children's Christmas cards - but, we forgot to split them, so I'll share those when I get them.  She spotted them so I guess she'll be keeping the box.  

It's a Holt Howard Santa mug - made in Japan, copyright 1960 - too cute!!

Finally, I found myself a Gurley candle.  I bought one online last year after reading so much about them - this is the first one I've ever seen in a shop!!

This Eloise Wilkin book was my only purchase at one of the antique markets at St. Jacobs - as always, the illustrations are just so sweet!

This book is so nice - I picked it up at a Value Village - it appears that it was a library book - it's full of vintage pictures of old Hallmark cards, there's text too, it's going to be interesting to read.

I also found a few Vera's - two on my trip, and two yesterday - the yellow sheer one was only 25 cents - no scarf was more than $1.99.

Sunday was the big run - here's Carla at the half way point - 20 k in 1 hour, 47 minutes - that's nothing to sneeze at!!

I managed to SMASH the race - and that's the only SMASH page I've done this week, I sure wish I had taken more pictures.

I'm linking this post with Thursday Favorite Things and Vintage Thingie Thursday