Old Sears Catalogs

One of my other interests is Genealogy, so I'm a member of Ancestry.com (for now at least - it's $#%*!# expensive!)

They just posted scans of a whole bunch of old Sears Roebuck catalogs on there. If you know anybody with a membership, this is a fun thing to browse.

I am in awe that it was possible to order an ebony fretboard from the catalog in the 1890s. And those capos look positively frightening.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Ned Knepp on December 7, 2010 at 6:39pm

That's pretty cool. For a dollar they would send you a guitar "express" so you could examine the instrument.

Permalink Reply by FRANK on December 7, 2010 at 9:30pm

hey that is a good looking capo look at mine

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Permalink Reply by Tim Mace on December 8, 2010 at 3:49am

FRANK,How does that Flamenco looking capo work? The tightener peg is on the side?

Permalink Reply by FRANK on December 8, 2010 at 9:40am

hey Tim the capos work the all important thing is putting it on is a real pain

Permalink Reply by Mark Pollock on December 8, 2010 at 6:22pm

That looks much nicer than those fugitives from a dentist's office in the catalog.

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